Rhymes of Northern Bards / Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham

by Unknown

THE PLOUGHMAN.

The ploughman he comes home at night,

When he is wet and weary,

Puts off the wet, puts on the dry,

And goes to bed my deary.

I will wash the ploughman’s clothes,

I will wash them clean, O;

I will wash the ploughman’s clothes,

And dry them on the green, O.

The ploughman he comes home fu’ late,

When he wi’ wark is weary;

Dights off his shirt that is se wet;

And supper makes him cheery.

I will wash the ploughman’s clothes,

I will wash them white, O;

I will wash the ploughman’s clothes,

And dry them on the dyke, O.

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