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Origins: Where be the horses where be the men?

07 Jun 07 - 05:28 PM (#2070974)
Subject: Origins: Where be the horses where be the men?
From: GUEST

I'm seeking the lyrics for this song which I heard John Haywood sing in Shropshire in the mid 1980s. John was a farmer and he may have written the song, all I can remember is the chorus:

Where be the horses?
Where be the men?
Machinery now rules the day
The air's full of diesel
The smell of that raw
And they do a week's work in a day


07 Jun 07 - 05:50 PM (#2070988)
Subject: RE: Origins: Where be the horses where be the men?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)

He may have been inspired by the story, "The Glittering Plain, or the Land of Living Men,"by William Morris, where appears 'Where be the horses and the men,' but I can't find a song.