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Thread #40488   Message #579528
Posted By: pavane
25-Oct-01 - 12:44 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: The Lincolnshire Farmer
Subject: The Lincolnshire Farmer
I came across this when browsing the Bodleian Ballad library, but have never heard of it before. The Lincolnshire Farmer

To summarise, the farmer suspected his wife was playing away, and went to a conjurer. The conjurer arranged a trick with what appears to be superglue on the chamberpot. Inevitably, the wife and the Parish Clerk became stuck to the pot (as well as some other characters), and were forced to admit what they had been up to. The clerk ends up paying the farmer a sum of money to avoid losing his "nutmegs".

Does anyone know a tune for this?