“The Farmer's Boy”

Description

A lost boy comes seeking a home, or at least shelter for a night, saying that he can perform all farm tasks. The farmer's wife and daughter convince the farmer to take him in. He serves so well that he marries the farmer's daughter and becomes his heir

Cross references

• cf. "The Soldier's Poor Little Boy" [Laws Q28] (plot)
• cf. "The Fisherman's Boy" [Laws Q29] (plot)
• cf. "The Fisherman's Girl" (plot)
• cf. "The Poor Smuggler's Boy" (plot)
• cf. "The Hobo from the T & P Line" (plot)
• cf. "Peter Amberley" [Laws C27] (tune)

Broadsides

• Murray, Mu23-y1:045, "The Farmer's Boy," James Lindsay (Glasgow), 19C

Recordings

• O. J. Abbott, "The Farmer's Boy" (on Abbott1)
• Warde Ford, "The Farmer's Boy" (AFS 4215 A2, 1939; in AMMEM/Cowell)
• Tony Wales, "To Be a Farmer's Boy" (on TWales1)

References

1. Laws Q30, "The Farmer's Boy"
2. Belden, pp. 272-273, "A Farmer's Boy" (1 text)
3. Randolph 118, "The Farmer's Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. Randolph/Cohen, pp. 111-113, "The Farmer's Boy" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 118)
5. BrownIII 88, "The Farmer's Boy" (1 text plus mention of 3 more)
6. Warner 37, "The Farmer's Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
7. Flanders/Brown, pp. 118-119, "The Farmer's Boy" (1 text)
8. Kennedy 247, "The Farmer's Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
9. LPound-ABS, 28, pp. 69-71, "The Farmer's Boy" (1 text)
10. Creighton/Senior, p. 158, "The Farmer's Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
11. Huntington-Whalemen, pp. 216-218, "A Farmer's Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
12. cf. Gardner/Chickering, p. 479, "The Farmer's Boy" (source notes only)
13. DT 538, FARMRBOY FARMRBO2
14. Roud #408
15. BI, LQ30