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"The Whummil Bore" (Roud 3722, Child 27) is an English-language folk song. A whummil is a tool for drilling holes.
Synopsis
editThe narrator served the king seven years and "saw his daughter only once"—meaning saw her naked, through a whummil bore. She was being dressed by her maids.
Commentary
editOnly one variant of this ballad exists.[1] "Hind Horn" appears to contain a stanza from it.[2]
Recording
editThis is recorded on the Steeleye Span 2006 album Bloody Men.