Ah, Smiler Lad

DESCRIPTION: The singer recalls to his horse Smiler how they had been laughed at by "yon muckle tearers frae Pitgair" before the ploughing match. "When the wark was a' inspeckit" they were best of sixty ploughs. He makes Smiler's bed and feeds him.
AUTHOR: John Sim (source: Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #166, p. 2)
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: contest farming nonballad recitation horse
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #66, p. 2, ("Ah, Smiler lad, my trusty frien'") (1 text)
Greig/Duncan3 425, "Ah, Smiler Lad" (1 text)
Roud #5942
NOTES [53 words]: Greig: "... a ploughman's address to his horse when suppering him after a ploughing match. The match took place at Tyrie Mains about 1812, and the plouhgman in question was said to come from Rora. The piece is not a song, but it is so good and seasonable that we must try to find room for as much of it as possible." - BS
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