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Thread #11185 Message #81945
Posted By: Mark Cohen
26-May-99 - 07:09 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Godspeed the Plow/Plough
Subject: Lyr Add: GODSPEED THE PLOUGH
Here's a version I learned, don't remember where it's from:
GODSPEED THE PLOUGH
Let the wealthy and great Live in splendor and state I enby them not, I declare it For I grow my own rams My own ewes, my own lambs And I shear my own fleece and I wear it
By plowing and sowing By reaping and mowing All natrue provides me with plenty With a cellar well stored And a bountiful board And my garden affords every dainty
For here I am king I can dance, drink, and sing
Let no one approach as a stranger I'll hunt when it's quiet Come on, let us try it Dull thinking drives anyone crazy
I have lawns, I have bowers I have fruits, I have flowers And the lark is my morning alarmer So all farmers now Here's Godspeed the plough Long life and success to the farmer ^^^ I'm sure that's been folk processed along the way, but there it is.