“The Dying Ploughboy”

Description

Singer, a ploughboy, feels a blood vessel burst in his chest; although his doctor tells him he'll be all right, he senses death is near. He bids farewell to his friends, his team of horses, and his plough

Notes

Ord lists this as by the Reverend Calder of Glenlivet, who granted permission to print it. The curiosity, in that case, is how MacColl and Seeger found a tune for the thing, and how it came to be so widespread. - RBW

References

1. MacSeegTrav 108, "The Dying Ploughboy" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Ord, p. 235, "The Dying Ploughboy" (1 text)
3. Roud #2514
4. BI, McCST108