Eddie Butcher recorded a song called Tossing The Hay, could that be the one you're after? It starts:

  It being on a pleasant evening abroad as I did go
  To saunter out for pleasure down by a shady grove,
  Down by a piece of meadow as I carelesslie did stray
  There I spied a made quite busy, she was tossing out her hay.

It doesn't mention flailing, but it does have to toss and dry the hay in three of the verses.


If it is the song you want, let me know and I'll post the rest.

Mick