Lamkins chords by
Ed Mccurdy
Ed Mccurdy
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Key: D major
Intro 1
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C
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Verse 1
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Said the Lord to his
lady as he went away,
Beware of proud Lampkins
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F#

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C
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if he comes this way.
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B

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He was scarce gone one hour
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when Lampkins come in ,
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He knocked at the door
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and the nurse let him in.
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Oh, where is the lady, is she within?
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F#

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She's upstairs sleeping,
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C

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said the nursemaid to him.
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How will I get at her,
to the nurse, said Lampkins?
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We'll stick her little babies
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C

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full of needles and pins.
Proud Lampkins he rocked,
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G
G

and the nursemaid she sung,
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B

C
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While blood and tears
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C

from the cradle did run.
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Down came the lady,
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all full of alarm,
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and Lampkins,
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he took her right in his arms.
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Oh Lampkins, oh Lampkins,
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oh spare me one hour,
I'll give you daughter Betsy,
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F#

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my own blooming flower.
Oh send for your daughter,
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and bring her to me,
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and she'll hold the basin
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while your heart's blood runs free.
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There was blood in the nursery,
blood in the hall,
blood on the staircase,
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and blood overall.
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Proud Lampkins was taken
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to the gallows to die,
and the nursemaid was burned
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in a fire nearby.
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Bye. Bye.

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB C F# G

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