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19 Feb 22 - 02:16 PM (#4137209) Subject: Lyr Add: Three Acres and a Cow (Francis Shergold) From: GUEST,Diolch Three Acres and a Cow, from Francis Shergold (not the music hall song). Lyrics add? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0sigvh6bZ0 We’ve toiled my lads both early and late To earn a few good meals? While Squire and Farmer lived in state And crushed us ‘neath their heel But brighter days are coming lass To you and me I’ll vow? And those who took us by the hand Three acres and a cow Just think on that my own dear wife And soothe your careworn brow Good fortune bring to you and them Three acres and a cow The heavy clouds are forming fast Though dim the peasant’s lot? The bad old days for them are past And hope shines in our lot There is a vote within this land That we shall too soon have known And those who took us by the hand Three acres and a cow Just think on that my own dear wife And soothe your careworn brow Good fortune bring to those who sing Three acres and a cow "Three acres and a cow" was a political slogan used both for and against the Liberals in the UK General Election of 1885. It spawned many songs, mostly music hall in style, but Francis Shergold's seems unique to him so I thought it worth mentioning here. I note that John Baxter is also hot on the trail, got further than I did, and has kindly shared his research here (get 'em while they're hot!), although my transcription above differs marginally from his: http://folksongandmusichall.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Three-acres-many-songs-v4.pdf |
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19 Feb 22 - 02:21 PM (#4137211) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Acres and a Cow (Francis Shergold) From: GUEST,Diolch None of the question marks should be in the above transcription, obviously, lol. |
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19 Feb 22 - 02:47 PM (#4137214) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Acres and a Cow (Francis Shergold) From: John MacKenzie When I married my wife, her father promised me two acres and a cow. I'm still waiting for the land! Max Miller |
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19 Feb 22 - 02:55 PM (#4137216) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Acres and a Cow (Francis Shergold) From: GUEST,Diolch Anything that begins as a political slogan inevitably ends up as a joke. |
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19 Feb 22 - 03:05 PM (#4137218) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Acres and a Cow (Francis Shergold) From: GUEST,Diolch And for anyone who doesn't want to wade through the pdf, the more famous version of Three Acres and a Cow found on broadsides and in Roy Palmer's book The Painful Plough can currently be found here: Broadsides as images: http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/search/roud/24484 Text with notes: http://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/three-acres-and-a-cow/ |
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20 Feb 22 - 07:47 AM (#4137279) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Acres and a Cow (Francis Shergold) From: Dave the Gnome Nothing to do with the thread but I once stayed in pub in Bampton where a man paid for his pint with a bag of vegetables! I was told it was Francis Shergold's brother. |
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20 Feb 22 - 08:35 AM (#4137284) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Acres and a Cow (Francis Shergold) From: GUEST,Diolch Dace the Gnome: Lol, yes, I grew up somewhere you could trade pheasants for cash at the back door of the local. I haven't seen veg bartered in a pub, but when I was a kid our elderly neighbour used to leave generous veg boxes on our doorstep from time to time (we paid everyone back with excess fruit). Offering to the music gods: Francis Shergold also recorded a version of Needlecases thats well worth listening to if you like traditional singers. An under-performed song imo like Three Acres: Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IugIDDsvsxM Lyrics: https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/needlecases.html |