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GUEST,loathsome dragon	Lyr Add: The Laidley Worm of Spindleston-Heugh (10)	RE: Lyr Add: The Laidley Worm of Spindleston-Heugh	31 Oct 06
Its probable author was Robert Lambe (1712-1795) who probably was inspired by Kemion or Kempe Owyne Its possible that the Kemp--- tunes were a reference to events from about 1308AD to 1328AD during the reign of Edward II His wife Queen Isabella spent some time at Bamburg Castle during the troubles with Robert Bruce,and Robert Lambe might have been alluding to those times The ballad technically is a snake-maiden narrative in a class of Woman in White tales common in Scotland,Germany and Switzerland where the snaky heroine is a metaphor for the soul of the land

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