There's a Set o' Farmers Here About

DESCRIPTION: The work of the men hired by farmers "here about": "They yoke at sax and lowse at ten, And then at twa they do the same; At sax at nicht comes whistlin' hame, And that's the boy for me"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1911 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: farming work
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan3 385, "There's a Set o' Farmers Here About" (1 text)
Roud #5918
NOTES [18 words]: Greig/Duncan3 quoting Robertson, Song Notes: ." .. a protest of servants against the treatment they got." - BS
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File: GrD3385

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