A Lazy Farmer Boy

I'll sing a little song but it ain't very long

About a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn

And why it was I never could tell

For that young man was always well

That young man was always well

He planted his corn on June the last

In July it was up to his eye

In September there came a big frost

And all that young man's corn was lost

All that young man's corn was lost

He started to the field and got there at last

The grass and ***** was up to his chin

The grass and ***** had grown so high

It caused that poor man for to sigh

Caused that poor man for to sigh

Now his courts*ip had just begun

She said, "Young man have you hoed your corn?"

"I've tried I've tried I've tried in vain

But I don't believe I'll raise one grain

Don't believe I'll raise one grain"

"Why do you come to me to wed

If you can't raise your own cornbread?

Single I am and will remain

For a lazy man I won't maintain

A lazy man I won't maintain"

He hung his head and walked away

Saying "Kind miss you'll rue the day

You'll rue the day that you were born

For giving me the devil 'cause I wouldn't hoe my corn

Giving me the devil 'cause I wouldn't hoe my corn"

Now his courts*ip was to an end

On his way he then began

Saying "Kind miss I'll have another girl

If I have to ramble this big wide world

If I have to ramble this big wide world"