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The Farm of Tough

I went up to Alford for to get a fee.
And I met up with Jimmy Brown and, with him, did agree.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

I met up with Jimmy Brown, in the year of ninety-one,
to go home and drive his second pair [of horses] and be his odd-jobs man.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

When I went home to Farm O’ Tough, on a clear evening,
then the farm overseer appeared from an outbuilding.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

“I’m the master of this place and that’s the mistress there.
You’ll get plenty of cheese and bread and plenty more to spare.”
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

Well, I sat and ate the cheese and bread till they both did, at me, stare.
And then, I thought that it was time to go and see my pair.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

When I went to the stable to see my pair,
Oh my! they were fine horses, a chestnut and a roan.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

On the following morning, I went to the plow.
But I was wasting time, my pair made me to rue.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

The plow she wasn’t working well, she did not throw the fur.
The overseer says to go to the smithy for a better one.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

When I got home, the new plow she pleased me uncommonly well.
I thought she would be better if she had a cutting wheel.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

I worked away a month or two with very little clatter
till I played up some nasty tricks and broke a potato masher.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

The overseer he got word of this and orders to lay down.
If I did the like again, he’d put me from the town.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

We have an excellent stock manager, yes, Wallace is his name.
He can properly tidy up the cows when he takes down the comb.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

We have a little stock manager, Jamieson’s his name.
He’s gone over to Alford where he’s raised an awful foam.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

He’s gone down to Charlie Watt’s to have a dram.
Long before I went down, the laddie could not stand.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

We have an excellent kitchen maid, Simpson is her name.
But to divulge her pedigree would really be a shame.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

She dresses up on Sunday with her head up off the level.
Teeth are of the ivory that would scare the very devil.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

Now, my song is ended, I won’t sing any more.
If you feel offended, you can walk right outside the door.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 

Come a hi come a doo, a hi come a day,
hi come a diddle come a dandy-O.
 




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