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THE FARMER'S BOY Sung by: Mrs. Ben Johnson Recorded in Cave City, AR, 7/11/52 Click here to listen to the original recording Oh, that dreary land! And up the lane the lad that came Unto the farmer's door. "Kind sir, can you tell me if any there be To give to me employ, For to plow or to sow or to reap or to mow Or to be your farmer's boy? "Can you shelter me 'til the break of day, 'Til first cold winter blast?" "Oh yes, kind sir," his daughter said, As the tears rolled down her cheeks. In course of time this lad grew a man, And the good old farmer died; And he left to the lad the farm that he had, And his daughter for the bride. Oh lucky, lucky day that came that a-way To be a farmer's boy. Also found in Randolph, Vol. I, #118; Brown, #88; Belden, p. 272. |
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