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05 Oct 99 - 01:00 PM (#120957) Subject: Ren Faire song: My husband's a (?) From: Cheritarte Please help! Looking for lyrics for a bawdy song I've heard at a few Renaissance Faires. Many verses for many husbandly occupations - goes something like this: My husband's a farmer a farmer a farmer is he What does he do? He plows fields He plows fields He plows fields And at night he come home and plows... (Chorus which I don't recall) |
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05 Oct 99 - 01:44 PM (#120971) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ren Faire song: My husband (?) From: Jeri Hey, rig-a-jig, kiss a little pig, follow the link to FOLLOW THE BAND |
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05 Oct 99 - 02:01 PM (#120975) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ren Faire song: My husband (?) From: MMario alternate chorus: me oh my, how happy am I , my husband's a xxxxxx, he |
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15 Jul 21 - 02:55 AM (#4113394) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: GUEST https://royalchessmen.com/2006/10/my-husband/ My Husband Songs | 0 comments The Bawdy Balladeers My husband’s a carpenter, a carpenter, a carpenter My husband’s a carpenter is he. All day he bangs nails, he bangs nails, he bangs nails and at night he comes home and drinks tea. My husband’s a mason, a mason, a mason. My husband’s a mason is he. All day he lays bricks, he lays bricks, he lays bricks and at night he comes home and drinks tea. My husband’s a gormet, a gormet, a gormet. My husband’s a gormet is he. All day he eats food, he eats food, he eats food and at night he comes home and drinks tea. My husband’s a glassblower, a glassblower, a glassblower. My husband’s a glassblower is he. All day he blows glass, he blows glass, he blows glass and at night he comes home and drinks tea. My husband’s a husband, a husband, a husband My husband’s a husband is he. All day he drinks tea, he drinks tea, he drinks tea and at night he comes home and drinks mead. |
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15 Jul 21 - 02:40 PM (#4113447) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: GUEST,jim bainbridge i'm sure Tom Paley pput this on what I think was his last CD, a few years ago- name escapes me |
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15 Jul 21 - 02:46 PM (#4113449) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: GUEST,# Here ya go, jim. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RhCU4aJOVk |
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15 Jul 21 - 03:58 PM (#4113456) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: GUEST,Hootenanny I have never understood why Tom would record such trite material as this. Even at this stage in life he was capable of recording far better material from his long career. |
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18 Jul 21 - 05:38 AM (#4113682) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: GUEST,jim bainbridge You may wonder why he recorded this- it's a funny little song but Tom had already recorded a vast amount of material which no doubt 'hootenanny' would approve of ? He had a fine sense of humour & his solo performances often featured similar little snatches of comic songs- this is just typical Tom Paley! |
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18 Jul 21 - 04:41 PM (#4113745) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: GUEST,Hootenanny jim bainbridge I am perfectly aware of Tom's output, knew him well from the mid sixties and played sessions alongside him once sometimes twice a week (when he wasn't in Sweden or the States) until very shortly before his demise. I believe that this ditty started out in the barrack room. The way I learnt it the first verse begins with a sergeant. All day long he fucks men about, fucks men about, fucks men about, And then he comes home and fucks me. You have no idea what I would approve of but I don't approve of bowdlerization of good honest bawdy material. What's the point? |
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19 Jul 21 - 09:59 AM (#4113792) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: GUEST,jim bainbridge The tone of your reply inclines me to believe there is quite a lot you wouldn't approve of. I knew Tom over many years too, not well, but enough to know he wouldn't be too worried about the disapproval of others. |
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19 Jul 21 - 10:10 AM (#4113793) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: Cool Beans Two verses I learned from the singing of Oscar Brand. They're on a live album he did in the 60s accompanied by Fred Hellerman on guitar and Billy Faier on banjo: My husband's a sexton, a sexton. My husband's a sexton is he. All day he bangs bells, he bangs bells, he bangs bells. At night he comes home and drinks tea. AND a variant on the carpenter verse.. My husband's a carpenter, etc. All day he screw bolts, he screws bolts, he screws bolts. At nigh he comes home and drinks tea. |
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19 Jul 21 - 10:27 AM (#4113796) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: GUEST,Hootenanny jim, You are passing judgement on someone of whom you know absolutely nothing "The tone of your reply" ???? Oh Dear. |
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19 Jul 21 - 10:52 AM (#4113801) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: Cool Beans And another verse Oscar sang: My husband's a groom, etc. All day he mounts horses, mounts horses, mounts horses... (I don't why he didn't sing "jockey" instead of "groom." It scans better and causes less confusion on first hearing.) |
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19 Jul 21 - 02:25 PM (#4113823) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason From: GUEST,jim bainbridge hoot- that is obvious nonsense- the point I made originally was simply that Tom had recorded the song- I made no comment on its quality. I don't agree with your description of the song as 'trite' and I respect the man's judgment that it was worthy of inclusion on the CD- you don't seem to? |