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T:All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough
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w:'Twas ear-ly one mor-ning at the break of the day The cocks were all crow-ing and the farm-er did say Come rise my good fel-lows, come rise with good will Your hor-ses want some-thing their bel-lies to fill |]
Source: Everyman's Book of English Country Songs Notes: Roy Palmer comments: This song was extremely widely known - Cecil Sharp remarked that 'almost every singer knows it; the bad singers often know but little else' - and it can still be heard from time to time in country pubs. The version printed here comes from Arthur Lane, a Shropshire countryman born in 1884. He was a 'waggoner', as he called it, himself. He learned the song when he was 'living in' at a farm near Bishop's Castle. The tune is a variant of the ubiquitous 'Villikins and his Dinah' An audio file of the song (with an additional refrain) sung by Bob Mills, can be found at Microsoft Encarta
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