Marco and Pedro

DESCRIPTION: "Farmers Marco and Pedro were trudging along,." The grumble about life and dry weather. Suddenly it rains. They take shelter by the church. Marco says the rain will bring "all things" from the ground. Pedro hopes not; he has three wives in the graveyard
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1825 (Bodleian broadside Harding B 28(38))
LONG DESCRIPTION: "Farmers Marco and Pedro were jogging along, They had both been to market together." They grumble about life and dry weather. Suddenly it rains. They take shelter by the church. Marco says the rain will bring "all things" from the ground. Pedro hopes not; he has three wives in the graveyard and doesn't want them to come back
KEYWORDS: farming storm burial resurrection humorous husband wife
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "GRUMBLING FARMERS, THE"
Purslow-MarrowBones, p. 41, "The Grumbling Farmers" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1390
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 28(38), "Marcro and Pedro" (sic.), W. Armstrong (Liverpool), 1820-1824; also Harding B 11(4274), "Marco and Pedro," J. Pitts (London), 1819-1844; also Harding B 25(783), "The Grumbling Farmers," J. K. Pollock (North Shields), 1815-1855; also Harding B 11(1445), "Marco & Pedro, or, the Affrighted farmer," J. Cadman (Manchester), 1850-1855; also Harding B 11(3421), "Marco and Pedro," J. Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866; also Firth c.26(292), "Marco and Pedro," unknown, n.d.
File: PuMB041

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