“The Plooman Laddie”
Description
"My love's a plooman and follows the ploo, I promised to him and I'll keep it true.... What's better than a plooman?" The singer rejects many (e.g. "I micht hae gotten the miller... But the smell o' the dust wad had done me ill") and rejoices to be wed
Notes
Ord lists this as being sung to "The Rigs o Rye." The tune I've heard isn't quite that, though it's close. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "The Husbandman and the Servingman" (theme)
- cf. "The Farmer and the Shanty Boy" (theme)
- cf. "Soldier Boy for Me (A Railroader for Me)" (theme)
References
- Ord, pp. 223-224, "The Plooman Laddie" (1 text)
- Roud #3447
- BI, Ord223