See also, in the DT:
THE PLOUGHBOY (THE WARWICKSHIRE R.H.A.) No tune or source named.
THE MERRY PLOUGHBOY Short parody (Off to Dublin in the Green); no tune or source named.
OFF TO DUBLIN IN THE GREEN Parody by Dominic Hehan; no tune.
In the Forum:
The Ploughboy-anyone know it? Contains texts of The Ploughboy / The Warwickshire R.H.A.; The Merry Ploughboy (John J. Blockley); The Scarlet and the Blue (short set noted in 1983 from Roy Last at Stonham, Suffolk); The Scarlet and the Blue/ Jolly Ploughboy (noted in 1982 from Gordon Syrett (b 1887) at Mendlesham Green, Suffolk); The Scarlet and the Blue (apparently John J Blockley's original text); what appears to be an unrelated text beginning There was a rich farmer's daughter; tune in abc format for an unrelated The Ploughboy (the one arranged by Benjamin Britten); link to text and tune for same at Lesley Nelson's site.