Lazy Farmer - Lazy Farmer with lyrics (trad. folk song, 1975)

Group: Lazy Farmer (with Wizz Jones) Lyrics (roughly...) I’ll sing you a song and it ain’t very long About a lazy farmer who wouldn’t hoe his corn The reason why I could not tell For that young man was always well That young man was always well He planted his corn on June the last In July it was up to his eye In September there came a big frost And all that young man’s corn was lost All that young man’s corn was lost He started to the field with his hoe at last The weeds and the grass was up to his chin ............................ grown so high Caused that young man for to sigh Caused that young man for to sigh Now his courtship had just begun ...saying, “Young man have you hoed your corn?” “I’ve tried I’ve tried I’ve tried in vain But I don’t believe I’ll raise one grain I don’t believe I’ll raise one grain” “How can you come to me to wed If you can’t raise your own cornbread? Single I am and I will remain A lazy man I won’t maintain A lazy man I won’t maintain” He hung his head and walked away Saying “Kind miss you’ll rue the day You’ll rue the day that you were born For giving me the devil ’cause I wouldn’t hoe corn Giving me the devil ’cause I wouldn’t hoe corn” Now his courtship was to an end On his way he soon began Saying “Kind miss I’ll find another girl If I have to ramble this whole wide world If I have to ramble this whole wide world” I’ll sing you a song but it ain’t very long About a lazy farmer who wouldn’t hoe his corn The reason why I could not tell For that young man was always well That young man was always (d)well It's "Lazy Farmer" (traditional folk song) from the album: Lazy Farmer (1975) http://www.wizzjones.com/disc_lazynew.html Members: Wizz Jones - guitar, vocals Sandy Jones - five-string banjo, vocals Don Coging - five-string banjo John Bidwell - flute, flageolet, guitar, vocal Jake Walton - dulciner, hurdy-gurdy, guitar, vocal Tracklist: 1 Lazy Farmer Traditional 3:10 2 Standing Down in New York Town McTell 3:32 3 Railroad Boy Traditional 3:02 4 Soldier's Joy/Arkansas Traveller Traditional 2:19 5 Turtle Dove Traditional 3:18 6 John Lover's Gone Traditional 1:46 7 Johnson Boys Traditional 2:41 8 Love Song Adams 4:47 9 The Cuckoo Ashley, Lazy Farmer, Smith 4:03 10 Sally in the Garden/Liberty Traditional 2:42 11 Gipsy Davey Traditional 2:36 12 When I Leave Berlin Jones 3:16 Lazy Farmer's sole, rare album is solid and full-bodied (if conventional and unremarkable) British folk, with a repertoire heavily grounded in traditional tunes. Indeed, eight of the 12 tracks on Lazy Farmer are traditional in origin, while another, "The Cuckoo," is not exactly uncommon to the English-speaking folk world. With a quintet featuring four vocalists, two five-string banjo players, and two multi-instrumentalists in John Bidwell (flute, flageolet, guitar) and Jake Walton (dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, guitar), the band has a richer, deeper sound than many British groups with a similar style. Collectors might be most attracted to this by the presence of noted U.K. folk figure Wizz Jones, though he wrote just one of the cuts, the wistful "When I Leave Berlin," which is one of the set's highlights. The cover of Ralph McTell's "Standing Down in New York Town" makes one wish they'd put more contemporary songs onto the album; the only other non-trad item is Derroll Adams' "Love Song," an especially melancholy rumination that benefits from some very nice vocal harmonies and trade-offs. The 2005 CD reissue on Sunbeam adds comprehensive historical liner notes. Informations are from Allmusic.com http://www.allmusic.com/album/lazy-farmer-r821477

Added 17 Jul 2026