The Brisk Young Ploughboy-The Copper Family

[ti:The Brisk Young Ploughboy] [ar:The Copper Family] [al:Come Write Me Down - Early Recordings of The Copper Family of Rottingdean] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Brisk Young Ploughboy - The Copper Family [00:01.02]It was of a brisk young ploughboy [00:03.63]Come listen to this refrain [00:05.81] [00:06.34]And join with me in chorus [00:09.13]And sing the ploughboy's praise [00:13.01] [00:13.55]My song is of the ploughboy's praise [00:16.79]And unto you I'll relate the same [00:20.25]He whistles and sings and drives his plough [00:24.09]The brave ploughboy [00:27.01] [00:28.84]So early in the morning the ploughboy he is seen [00:34.49]All hastening to the stable his horses for to clean [00:41.04] [00:41.85]Their manes and tails he does comb straight [00:45.02]With chaff and corn he will them bate [00:48.84]And he'll endeavour to plough straight [00:52.13] [00:52.73]The brave ploughboy [00:56.07] [00:57.33]When he goes out in the morning [01:00.31]To harrow plough or sow [01:03.11]And with a gentle cast my boys [01:06.13]He'll give his corn a throw [01:10.44]All this I'll have you understand [01:13.42]Is just to fill the reaper's hand [01:17.21]Likewise I'll have you understand [01:20.04] [01:21.01]It comes from the ploughboy [01:24.19] [01:26.28]Now seedtime being over [01:28.34] [01:29.12]The fields look fresh and gay [01:32.06]There's merry lads to mow [01:34.47]The grass while damsels make the hay [01:38.66] [01:39.45]The small birds sing on every tree [01:42.57]The cuckoo joins sweet harmony [01:46.63]All welcome here as you may see [01:49.71] [01:50.54]The brave ploughboy [01:54.15] [01:55.67]Then haying being over [01:57.86] [01:58.66]And harvest does draw near [02:01.65]Our Master he does welcome us [02:04.70]With plenty of beef and beer [02:09.16]We all sit round to drink our beer [02:12.13]While Peace and Plenty fill the year [02:16.24]And we'll be happy while we are here [02:19.59] [02:20.20]And drink to the ploughboy [02:24.23] [02:26.60]Now harvest being over [02:29.44]We start the plough once more [02:32.41]Our Master has invited us [02:35.46]Unlocks his cellar door [02:39.86]With cake and ale we have our fill [02:42.86]Because we've done our work so well [02:46.89]And there's no one can despise the skill [02:50.16] [02:50.71]Of the brave ploughboy