Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A Bee and Flower song for Easter.
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A Bee and Flower song for Easter.
Purchase my music:
ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Website (Lyrics and Chords):
folklounge.org/lyrics-and-chords
![The Whummil Bore [ Child Ballad No. 27 ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zpib1iVvmTA/mqdefault.jpg "The Whummil Bore [ Child Ballad No. 27 ]
There is only one version of this ballad in Child, directly from the Motherwell collection:
https://archive.org/details/englishscottishp01chil_0/page/254
A much changed version was found in the US and published in the Journal of Americal Folk-Lore, 1907:
https://archive.org/details/journalofamefolk20ameruoft/page/n163
A Whummile, Wimble, Wimmel etc. is a hand drill.
I have messed with the refrain and added a closing line to each verse. Ive also given the pervert an appropriate ending.
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