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Thread #52123 Message #797148
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
04-Oct-02 - 08:47 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Long Lankin/Lord Lankin
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Long Lankin/Lord lankin
The Roud Index doesn't list any examples of this song collected by either Yarnell or MacColl. However, it's been found very widely (as usual, more frequently in the USA and Canada than in Britain or Ireland), and Bronson devotes a large section to it. I don't have that bit copied yet, so I can't provide more "Orange" examples for the moment.
As for additional recordings from tradition; three can be heard at The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection:
False Lamkin As sung by Jane Robinson, Fayettville, Arkansas on December 17, 1958.
False Lamkin As sung by Mrs. Irene Carlisle, Fayetteville,Arkansas on June 23, 1960.
False Lamkins As sung by Boyce Davis, Lincoln, Arkansas on February 29, 1968.