"The Whummil Bore" (Roud 3722,Child 27) is an English-language folk song. A whummil is a tool for drilling holes.
The 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.
Only one variant of this ballad exists.[1] "Hind Horn" appears to contain a stanza from it.[2]
This is recorded on theSteeleye Span 2006 albumBloody Men.