“Bad Luck Attend the Old Farmer”
Description
A warning to servant boys seeking employment by farmers at hiring fairs. You are badly fed and "cold as lead." The singer will not hire for another half year. "Don't hire with any farmer ... But sail off to Amerikay, To a land where you'll be free"
Notes
The alternate title, "The Ingy Buck," refers to maize or "Indian Buck." (source: Notes to IRHardySons)
Cross references
- cf. "The Hiring Fair at Hamiltonsbawn" (subject: hiring fair servant's half-year term hard times)
Recordings
- James Halpin, "Bad Luck Attend the Old Farmer" (on IRHardySons)
References
- Roud #17894
- BI, RcBLATOF