New-ish song

[Ian Burdon]

Following Paul’s example, this has been hanging around for a while, and I thought I’d expose it to comment. It is not influenced by Jake at all, but is obviously influenced by the traditional ballad Lord Randall. It is meant to be sung unaccompanied

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The Farming Laddie

Where have you been my darling boy?
Where have you been my laddie-o?
I’ve been to the farm oh father dear
I’ve been to the farm in the valley-o

And what did you there my darling boy?
What did you there my laddie-o?
I played on the farm oh father dear
I played on the farm in the valley-o

Did you play with the sheep my darling boy?
Did you play with the sheep my laddie-o?
I played with the sheep, the snow white sheep
I played with the sheep in the valley-o

Did you play with the cows my darling boy?
Did you play with the cows my laddie-o?
I played with the cows in the pastures all green
I played with the cows in the valley-o

Did you play in the fields my darling boy?
Did you play in the fields my laddie-o?
I played in the fields the bright golden fields
I played in the fields in the valley-o

What did you play with the sheep my darling boy?
What did you play my laddie-o?
I danced with a sheep, a snow white sheep
In her foot and her mouth I was dandy-o

What did you play with the cow my darling boy?
What did you play my laddie-o?
I danced with the cows until they all went mad
And I burned all their bones in the valley-o

What did you play in the fields my darling boy?
What did you play my laddie-o?
I rained on the fields and soaked through the corn
And poisoned the well in the valley-o

And where are you now my darling boy?
Where do you play now my laddie-o?
I play with the crows oh father dear
I play with the crows in the valley-o

[Malcy]

Well done, Ian. If I was Child I’d have collected it.

[KeithD]

Very poignant, Ian. :laugh:

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