Thanks Kevin, you're quite right - I hadn't noticed that and one or two other minor differences. So to avoid further confusion (especially from me), here are the words as printed in the booklet for 'Funny Old World' - Georgina

BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES
(Jim Boyes)

Though it's way past harvest time
Souls still toil and wagons rattle
Corn still stands in rank and line
And defies us all
We can see it in our past
Blood will out and join the battle
Though we work in different ways
We're bringing in the sheaves

Cho: Bringing in the sheaves
We're bringing in the sheaves
Though we work in different ways
We're bringing in the sheaves


Though we started from the land
Some do choose to roam abroad
The hand upon the gliding plough
Is not for everyone
Changing seasons help us see
That those who hear a different drummer
Though not in one harmony
Are bringing in the sheaves

Cho: Bringing in the sheaves
We're bringing in the sheaves
Though not in one harmony
Are bringing in the sheaves

What lay dormant in the soil
Is wakened by the kiss of summer
So the fruit of yesteryear
Becomes the year's new corn
Every stem has at its core
Part of those who went before
In turn they will be kept in store
By bringing in the sheaves

Cho: Bringing in the sheaves
We're bringing in the sheaves
In turn they will be kept in store
By bringing in the sheaves

In conclusion bear in mind
What example has begun
What you do today in kind
Has power for everyone
True strong aims will pass along
To our daughters and our sons
So may they in years to come
Be bringing in the sheaves

Cho: Bringing in the sheaves
We're bringing in the sheaves
So may they in years to come
Be bringing in the sheaves