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Title: The Farmer's Boy Author: Anonymous (Poetry's author) [More Titles by Anonymous (Poetry's author)] [Mr Denham of Piersbridge, who communicates the following, says-- 'there is no question that the Farmer's Boy is a very ancient song; it is highly popular amongst the north country lads and lasses.' The date of the composition may probably be referred to the commencement of the last century, when there prevailed amongst the ballad-mongers a great rage for Farmers' Sons, Plough Boys, Milk Maids, Farmers' Boys, &c. &c. The song is popular all over the country, and there are numerous printed copies, ancient and modern.] 'My father is dead, and mother is left 'And if that you won't me employ, 'Come, try the lad,' the mistress said, And when the lad became a man, [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |