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24 Oct 10 - 02:43 PM (#3014419) Subject: Anyone know this song?-follow the plough From: Tradsinger Here's a strange one - a friend of mine collected a set of words allegedly done with a Gloucestershire Mummers Play. Now the play is a bit strange and I can't find any other versions of this song, so I suspect it is not traditional but composed. Here are a couple of verses: Through the hills and the valleys where I used to roam Come follow, we follow, we follow the plough With four fine horses hooked to the plough We hollo, we follow the plough. There's Bonny, Duke and Smiler and All Sorts at the rear Four fine horses hooked to the plough Up and down, round and round, many miles a day We hollo, we follow the plough. Does this ring any bells with anyone? Is it a poem from somewhere? Tradsinger |
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24 Oct 10 - 03:06 PM (#3014438) Subject: RE: Anyone know this song?-follow the plough From: Q (Frank Staplin) No, but reminiscent of the "Ploughman's Song," which may have variants I don't know about. Sample verse: When six o'clock comes round at breakfast we meet, We sit round the table and heartedly eat. A bit in our pocket and away we go, For we're all jolly fellows that follow the plough. |
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24 Oct 10 - 04:10 PM (#3014477) Subject: Lyr Add: JOLLY FELLOWS THAT FOLLOW THE PLOUGH From: John MacKenzie All Jolly Fellows that follow the Plough That was early one morn at the break of the day The cockerels were crowing the farmer did say Come rise my good fellows come rise with good will Be your horses want something their bellies to fill. For when four o'clock comes then up we arise And down to the stables so merrily flies With rubbing and scrubbing our horses I vow We're all jolly fellows that follows the plough. When six o'clock comes at breakfast we meet With bread, beef and pork boys, we heartily will eat With a piece in our pocket, I'll swear and I vow We're all jolly fellows that follows the plough. And we harness our horses and away we do go Tripping over the plain boys as nimbly as dough And when we get there so jolly and bold To see which of us a straight furrow can hold. Our master came to us and this he did say What have you been doing, this long summer's day? You've not ploughed an acre I'll swear and I vow You're all idle fellows that follow the plough. Well I stepped up to him and made this reply We've all ploughed an acre so you've told a dammed lie We've all ploughed an acre, and I'll swear and I vow We're all jolly fellows that follow the plough. He turned himself round and he laughed at his joke It's gone two o'clock boys, its time to unyoke Unharness your horses and rub them down well For you're all jolly fellows that follows the plough. So all you young fellows where ever you be Take my advice and be ruled by me Never fear your own master and then he will vow That you're all jolly fellows that follows the plough. Song quoted by Q, in full |
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24 Oct 10 - 04:37 PM (#3014507) Subject: RE: Anyone know this song?-follow the plough From: Q (Frank Staplin) Many variants? I posted one in a thread I opened today. |
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24 Oct 10 - 05:15 PM (#3014530) Subject: RE: Anyone know this song?-follow the plough From: Tradsinger I know the "All Jolly Fellows" song very well, but this is an appreciably different set of words, which is why I posted it. I suppose the Villikins tune would fit this song, but my friend couldn't get a tune for it, just the words. Tradsinger |
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24 Oct 10 - 06:57 PM (#3014595) Subject: RE: Anyone know this song?-follow the plough From: ollaimh i wonder how many out there have plowed a furrow. i haven't for forty years but its no f&^%ing fun. so i like the pei song "when johnny went plowing for kearon one day" teresa doyle's version is a classic i used to get farmed out to my uncle moody's farm to make a man out of me. mostly it made a committed city boy out of me. haying in the old style is fun like bubonic plague as well. |
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25 Oct 10 - 04:02 AM (#3014763) Subject: RE: Anyone know this song?-follow the plough From: MGM·Lion I have long been aware of All Jolly Fellows Who Follow The Plough ~~ it was often heard in fc's I went to in 60s-70s, always to Villikins tune. ~Michael~ |
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16 Sep 11 - 12:45 AM (#3223985) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Plough From: Jim Dixon This is quoted in Roomer: The Newsletter of the Traditional Drama Research Group, Vol. 4, No. 6, 1984, page 53-54. (Click for a PDF.) Through the hills and the valleys where I used to roam Come follow, we follow, we follow the plough. With four fine horses hooked to the plough We hollo, we follow the plough. There's Bonny, Duke and Smiler and All Sorts at the rear, Four fine horses, hooked to the plough, Up and down, round and round, many miles a day We hollo, come follow, we follow the plough. With the rumbling of the shil-board, and the half-grass wheels We hollo, we follow the plough, There's Bonny, Duke and Smiler and All Sorts at the rear, Four fine horses hooked to the plough. We hollo, we follow, we follow the plough. There's a Foremos', the Lashhoss, the Bodyhoss, the Filler. Four fine horses hooked to the plough Up and down, round and round, many miles a day And we hollo, come follow, we follow the plough. One more bout said the carter's voice One more bout and we're homeward bound, As we follow, we follow, we follow the plough. |