BOLAKINS (LAMKIN)
Created on 06/12/2021Latest update on 04/07/2023
Artist: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill
Author: traditional
Label: L.o.C.
Year: 1939
Field recording in Elk Park, NC by Herbert Halpert. Child ballad #93, Roud #6.
Covers:
- 1956:
Ed McCurdy [with Erik Darling as Lamkins on Elektra album Blood, Booze & Bones; gorie lyrics indeed]
- 1956:
A.L. Lloyd [as Long Lankin]
- 1962:
Frank Proffitt [as Bo Lamkin]
- 1966:
Ewan MacColl [as Lamkin]
- 1966:
Peggy Seeger [as Lammikin]
- 1967:
Hedy West [as Beaulampkin]
- 1975:
Steeleye Span [as Long Lankin]
- 1976:
Martin Simpson [as Beaulampkin]
- 1993:
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick [as Long Lankin]
