“The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn”
Description
A lazy young farmer will not hoe his corn, with the result that the corn is choked by weeds and destroyed by frost. When he goes courting, his suit is rejected because he wouldn't hoe his corn
Recordings
- Buster Carter & Preston Young, "A Lazy Farmer Boy" (Columbia 15702-D, 1931; on AAFM1, BefBlues3)
- Edna & Jean Ritchie, "The Young Man That Wouldn't Raise Corn" (on Ritchie03)
- Pete Seeger, "Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (on GrowOn3) (on PeteSeeger07, PeteSeeger07b)
- Vern Smelser, "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (on FineTimes)
References
- Laws H13, "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn"
- Belden, p. 440, "The Young Man who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text)
- Randolph 441, "The Lazy Young Man" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Eddy 106, "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text)
- BrownIII 216, "The Man Who Wouldn't Hoe His Corn" (1 text)
- Flanders/Brown, pp. 74, "The Young Man Who Couldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text)
- Hudson 73, pp. 200-201, "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text)
- Brewster 68, "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe His Corn" (1 text)
- McNeil-SFB1, pp. 164-165, "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text, 1 tune)
- SharpAp 182, "Harm Link" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Scott-BoA, pp. 46-47, "The Young Man Who Couldn't Hoe Corn (The Lazy Man)" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Lomax-FSUSA 66, "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Asch/Dunson/Raim, p. 38 "A Lazy Farmer Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Botkin-AmFolklr, pp. 874, "Young Man Who Wouldn't How Corn" (1 text, 1 tune)
- LPound-ABS, 46, pp. 110-111, "The Man That Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text)
- JHCox 173, "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text)
- Darling-NAS, pp. 229-230, "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text)
- Arnett, p. 10, "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text, 1 tune)
- PSeeger-AFB, p. 42, "Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Silber-FSWB, p. 120, "Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (1 text)
- DT 636, HOECORN
- Roud #438
- BI, LH13