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	Current version of Steeleye Span Lyrics Long Lankin (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/steeleye-span/long-lankin/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Steeleye Span Lyrics Long Lankin (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/steeleye-span/long-lankin/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	Said the Lord unto his Lady as he rode over the moss						Said the lord unto his lady as he rode over the moss	1
2	"Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the gorse						"Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the gorse;	2
	Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin						Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin
3	Be sure the doors are bolted well						Make sure the doors are bolted well	3
4	Lest Lankin should creep in"						Lest Lankin should creep in."	4
5							Said the lord unto his lady as he rode away,	5
6	Said                                         the Lord unto his Lady as he rode away						"Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the hay;	6
1	"Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the hay							1
	Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin						Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin
7	Be sure the doors are bolted well						Make sure the doors are bolted well	7
8	Lest Lankin should creep in"						Lest Lankin should creep in."	8
9							"Where's the master of the house?" says Long Lankin.	9
10	"Where's the master of the house?", says Long Lankin						"He's 'way to London,"                says the nurse to him.	10
11	"He's 'way to London", says the nurse to him						"Where's the lady of       the house?" says Long Lankin.	11
12	"Where's the lady of the house?", says Long Lankin						"She's up in her chamber,"           says the nurse to him.	12
13	"She's up in her chamber", says the nurse to him						"Where's the baby of                  the house?" says Long Lankin.	13
14	"Where's             the baby of the house?", says Long Lankin						"He's asleep in the cradle,"                    says the nurse to him.	14
15	"He's asleep in the cradle", says the nurse to him						"We will pinch him, we will prick him,	15
16							we will stab him with a pin,	16
2	"We will pinch him, we will prick him							2
3	We will stab him with a pin							3
	And the nurse shall hold the basin						And the nurse shall hold the basin
17	For the blood all to run in"						for the blood all to run in."	17
18							So they pinched him and they pricked him,	18
19	So they pinched him and they pricked him						then they stabbed him with a pin,	19
4	Then they stabbed him with a pin							4
	And the false nurse held the basin						And the false nurse held the basin
20	For the blood all to run in						for the blood all to run in.	20
21							"Lady, come down the stairs," says Long Lankin.	21
22	"Lady, come down          the stairs,"      says Long Lankin						"How can I see in the dark?" she says unto him.	22
23	"How can I see in the dark?", she says unto him						"You have silver mantles,"                        says Long Lankin.	23
24	"You have silver mantles", says Long Lankin						"Lady, come down the stairs by the light of them."	24
5	"Lady, come down the stairs by the light of them"							5
	Down the stairs the lady came, thinking no harm						Down the stairs the lady came, thinking no harm
25	Lankin, he stood ready to catch her in his arms						Lankin he stood ready to catch her in his arms.	25
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	There was blood all in the kitchen						There was blood all in the kitchen
	There was blood all in the hall						There was blood all in the hall
26	There was blood all in the parlor						There was blood all in the parlour	26
	Where my lady she did fall						Where my lady she did fall
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	Now Long Lankin shall be hanged						Now Long Lankin shall be hanged
27	From the gallows, oh, so high						from the gallows oh so high,	27
	And the false nurse shall be burned						And the false nurse shall be burned
28	In the fire close by						in the fire close by.	28
29							Said the lord unto his lady as he rode over the moss	29
30	Said                                         the Lord unto his Lady as he rode over the moss						"Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the gorse;	30
8	"Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the gorse							8
	Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin						Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin
	Make sure the doors are bolted well						Make sure the doors are bolted well
31	Lest Lankin should creep in"						Lest Lankin should creep in."	31

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