The Yorkshire Farmer
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.38.B1
Original Tape ID
Summary
Fragments of the song 'The Yorkshire Farmer' ('The Crafty Ploughboy'), in which a ploughboy has sold a cow at market, but is stopped by a highwayman on the road home; the boy manages not only to keep his money, but goes on to steal the highwayman's horse.
Item Notes
6 verses of 4 lines; in verses 1, 3, 4 and 5, the last line is a refrain; in verses 2 and 6, the refrain follows after 4 lines; other verse fragments recited.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 2, pp. 278-283
'Sam Henry's Songs of the People' (G. Huntington, 1990) pp. 129-130
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein, A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. XXXV
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Huntly
Village/Place - Huntly
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair