Old Farmer (I), The
DESCRIPTION: "I hace been travelling (twenty) long years, I have rambled about in the world." "There's none can compare with the fellow that follows the plow." Farmers, millers, soldiers, parsons, excisemen all depend on the work of ploughmen
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1891 (Barrett)
KEYWORDS: farming work nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond,South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-EnglishCountrySongbook, #24, "The Old Farmer" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1178
File: PECS024
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