Galtee Farmer (2009 Digital Remaster)-Steeleye Span

[00:54.82]Oh there was an old Galtee farmer and he had an old Galtee mare [00:59.24]He brought her to Enniscorthy boys to sell her at the fair [01:04.20]Said the son all to the father I'll do the best I can [01:08.79]The price of her is twenty guineas but look I'll take one pound [01:14.41]Up comes a Dublin buyer for to bid I am inclined [01:19.23]The price of her is twenty guineas but look I'll give one pound [01:23.80]So quickly then he paid for her before time look around [01:28.35]And he went into a stable and he pulled her in behind [01:33.57]Put a saddle and a bridle and a jockey all on her back [01:38.70]You would swear she was a racer after coming off the track [01:47.45]Says the son all to the father there's a mare for sale close by [01:52.35]She looks so bright and handsome and enticing in my eye [01:57.12]She looks so bright and handsome and the jockey turned around [02:01.52]Said the price of her is fifty guineas but look I'll take five pounds [02:06.74]Says the son all to the father now be quick and make up your mind [02:11.59]The price of her is fifty guineas but look he'll take five pounds [02:16.51]So quickly then they paid for her and away from the fair they went [02:21.06]And as they jogged along the road they were both well content [02:26.22]When they came to the little cottage at the bottom of the lane [02:31.67]Who should run to meet them but the little daughter Jane [02:35.95]Mamma mamma here comes the lads the mare they did not sell [02:40.73]But they've hogged her mane and docked her tail [02:43.05]But you'd know her old jog well [02:45.94] [03:03.10]Oh what did you get that mare clipped [03:05.89]For she looks so thin and old [03:08.07]What did you get that mare clipped for she'll surely catch a cold [03:12.66]I'll sit down at the table and I'll let my temper cool [03:17.21]I've been married to you these forty years [03:19.60]And you're only a born fool [03:23.80]