lirik lagu reap and mow the hay - frank harte
[verse 1]
i’ve just come o’er from erin’s shore
to see how trade was going here
like many’s a rambling irishman
i was forced to leave my home
i left my sweet dungannon, boys
where i had spent my youthful days
where i whistled, fought, and wrestled
in the county of tyrone
[verse 2]
the landlords and the times were bad
to reap the harvest off i went
when i saw my birthplace levelled
sure i could no longer stay
then with my switch and reaping hook
i gave the sod a farewell look
and i rambled o’er to scotland
for to reap and mow the hay
[verse 3]
i had scarcely landed in that place
when i got employment then and there
to reap a field of barley
with about a dozen more
there were men from leeds and lancashire
from birmingham and london town
but my heart was near to breaking when
i thought on erin’s shore
[verse 4]
now, breakfast time came round at last
and every man threw down his hook
and went up to the barn for
to have his morning meal
well i had no money, i had no grub
and to get them both it was a job
but i thought it better to work and fast
than to rob and go to jail
[verse 5]
this thought had scarcely crossed my brow
when the farmer shouted “pat!” aloud
“come on up man and eat your fill
for i know you are far from home
far from your own dear shamrock shore
come eat and drink and say no more
and stay with me for a week or two
while i’m putting in the hay”
[verse 6]
his only housemaid was his niece
a young scots lass about sixteen
she was comely tall and handsome
and her eyes shone like the stars
her father was a soldier bold
as ever did a rifle hold
but he lost his heart’s blood fighting
in the nineteen~fourteen war
[verse 7]
so now, as they say in ireland
we will gather up and have a dance
i’ll tell her pleasant stories of
that green isle far away
we asked and got the old boy’s consent
and to the clergy straight we went
and sure when the sun was shining boys
sure we were drinking tea
[verse 8]
so, it’s now i’ll go back to ireland
i’d like to see the old place again
we will sit and sing the praises of
that green isle far away
i will bring my scots lass home with me
and i’ll dandle her youngster on my knee
and it’s once a year we’ll scotland see
when we go to mow the hay
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