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next one; yet somehow all managed to get together in the mighty roar of the burden. And if any farmer up the country would like to know Exmoor harvest-song as sung in my time and will be sung long after I am garnered home, lo, here I set it down for him, omitting only the dialect, which perchance might puzzle him. EXMOOR HARVEST-SONG 1 Go unto the door, my lad, and look beneath the moon, Thou canst see, beyond the woodrick, how it is yelloon: Tis the harvesting of wheat, and the barley must be shorn. (Chorus) Heres to the corn, with the cups upon the board! Weve been reaping all the day, and well reap again the morn And fetch it home to mow-yard, and then well thank the Lord. 2 All the day it has been hanging down its heavy head, Bowing over on our bosoms with a beard of red: Tis the harvest, and the value makes the labour sweet. (Chorus) Heres to the wheat, with the loaves upon the board! Weve been reaping all the day, and we never will be beat, But fetch it all to mow-yard, and then well thank the Lord. 3 All the day it has been rustling, with its bristles brown, Waiting with its beard abowing, till it can be mown! Tis the harvest and the barley must abide its time. (Chorus) Heres to the barley, with the beer upon the board! Well go amowing, soon as ever all the wheat is down; When all is in the mow-yard, well stop, and thank the Lord. 4 All the day they have been dancing with their flakes of white, Waiting for the girding-hook, to be the nags delight: Tis the harvest, let them dangle in their skirted coats. (Chorus) Heres to the oats with the blackstone on the board! Well go among them, when the barley has been laid in rotes: When all is home to mow-yard, well kneel and |
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