Lamkin: Versions and Variants Across the Northern Hemisphere

Folklorist Derek Piotr teams with Death is Not the End for a third outing, this time plumbing the depths of every archive from West Virginia University to the British Library in search of versions of the ballad Lamkin. Following the template set by Charlie Seeger with his seminal Barbara Allen compilation, Piotr's collection outs versions of the bloody ballad from the last ninety years; most of these renditions haven't been heard by anyone but their original recordists for decades.

1. Aunt Nancy Prather - Beau Lamkins 04:00 2. Sabra Bare Hampton - Bolenkin 06:01 3. Mary Jane Dyson - Lord Daniels (“Lodkin”) 02:25 4. Floyd Carpenter - Loud Cain (Bow Lamkins) 00:53 5. Lydia Gyderson - False Lankfear 04:26 6. Reuben Edwards - O Lampkins 03:44 7. Adam Morris - Lamkin 01:17 8. Lily Delorme - Lamkin 02:28 9. Bertha Eldred - False Lamkin 01:07 10. Mose Harris - The Limkin 03:23 11. Clarence Bennett - Bold Ankin 06:23 12. Nathan Hatt - Lincoln Was a Mason 02:06 13. Irene Carlisle - False Lampkins 02:19 14. Nathan & Rena Hicks - Bol’ Lamkin 01:30 15. Bobby McMillon - Bo Lamkin 12:17 16. Terry Yarnell - Lamkin 01:32 17. Mary Sweeney - False Lampin 04:04