Thnaks, Jim, for posting the words. It's a great poem from a genuine countryman. Listening to Frank's reading of it, I'm always struck by the subtle difference between the first and last verses:

Well, come you in and sit you down,
You would-be buyer from the town

So take your glass and drain it down,
You would-be peasant from the town

and the slight emphasis that Fran put's on the word 'peasant' in the last verse - his contempt is clear.

I had the pleasure of providing the musical interludes to a reading by Frank at our poetry group in the early 70s. He was not a man I could forget.

Phil