The Whummil Bore"The Whummil Bore" is an English-language folk song. A whummil is a tool for drilling holes.SynopsisThe narrator served the king seven years and "saw his daughter only once"—meaning saw her naked, through a whummil bore. She was being dressed by her maids.CommentaryOnly one variant of this ballad exists. "Hind Horn" appears to contain a stanza from it.RecordingThis is recorded on the Steeleye Span 2006 album Bloody Men.