“Come A' Ye Jolly Ploo'men Lads”

Description

"O come a' ye jolly ploomen lads That works amang the grun'." The singer tells of his happy life and work. He attends a hiring fair, works six months in a bothy, and shocks the minister by singing out when he weds Mary-Anne

Recordings

  • Belle, Sheila, and Cathie Stewart, "Come A' Ye Jolly Ploo'men Lads" (on SCStewartsBlair01)

References

  1. Roud #6855
  2. BI, RcCAYJPL

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1985 (recording, the Stewarts of Blair)
Found in: Britain(Scotland(Aber))