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19 Jun 01 - 11:23 PM (#487508) Subject: Lyr Add: THE FARMER From: GUEST,Terry Blankenship I found this broadside at The Bodleian Library. Do any of you have the original melody for this in ABC form or regular music? Terry THE FARMER Come each jolly fellow who loves to be mellow Attend unto me and sit easy One jorum in quiet my lads we will try it Dull thinking will make a man crazy For here I’m king I’ll drink dance and sing Let no man appear as a stranger But show me the ass that refuses his glass And I’ll order him hay in a manger By ploughing and sowing by reaping and mowing Kind nature supplies me with plenty I've a cellar well stored and a plentiful board And my garden affords every dainty Were it not for my seeding you'd have but poor feeding You'd surely be starving without me I'm always content when I pay up my rent I am happy when friends are about me Draw near to the table my boys while you're able Let's me hear not one word of complaining The jingling of glasses all music surpasses I love to see bottles a draining Let the mighty and great roll in splendor and state I envy them not I declare it At my own ham my own chicken and lamb I shear my own fleece and I wear it I have all things in season both woodcock pheasant I am here as a justice of quorum At my cabins fore end I’ve a bed for a friend A clear fireside and a jorum I've a lawn and I’ve bowers, I have fruit and I have flowers The lark is my morning alarmer So ye jolly boys now that don't follow the plough Drink long life and success to the farmer |
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19 Jun 01 - 11:28 PM (#487510) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: Sorcha htmRight here! |
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19 Jun 01 - 11:31 PM (#487514) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: Sorcha Ok, I'll copy paste....... |
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19 Jun 01 - 11:35 PM (#487516) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: Sorcha Sorry, I was in too much of a hurry; didn't see the TUNE part. Will keep looking. Title is The Jolly Farmer. |
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19 Jun 01 - 11:44 PM (#487522) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: MMario check Bruce O's site. I don't have the URL handy but he is in the mudcat links section. |
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19 Jun 01 - 11:47 PM (#487523) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: Sorcha Oh, OK, Bruce O's site but don't ask me just where to look........ |
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20 Jun 01 - 12:01 AM (#487531) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: MMario Thanks Sorch! |
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20 Jun 01 - 12:38 AM (#487556) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: GUEST,Terry I can't find it on Bruce's site. It seems like a great site but it is very difficult to find specific songs you are looking for there. |
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20 Jun 01 - 02:10 AM (#487588) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: Sorcha It may just be the most User UnFriendly site on the web, try asking at his e mail addy which is posted on the main page.......(somewhere) |
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20 Jun 01 - 02:22 AM (#487594) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: nutty ABC etc can be found here:- |
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20 Jun 01 - 08:46 AM (#487739) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: Snuffy The song is the DT as Godspeed the Plow, and you can find several version and the tune in this thread. Godspeed the Plow. It pays to look in Mudcat first before googling off all over the net! Wassail! |
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20 Jun 01 - 11:34 AM (#487869) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: MMario Thanks snuffy...tried a few searches but came up blank. it looked familiar but I couldn't remmeber from where. |
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25 Jun 01 - 12:35 AM (#491125) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: GUEST,Terry Blankenship What are the best recordings you have heard of artists that have done this song (by any of it's names)? The Jolly Farmer The Farmer The Farmers Toast Godspeed the Plough The ABC of the song didn't seem right to me. (I think that regular music is much easier to read than ABC's.) Terry |
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25 Jun 01 - 08:44 AM (#491275) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Farmer From: MMario Terry - there are a lot of programs out there that will take the text of the abc file and display it for you as regular music notation. |