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[ar:Alfred Deller/Wilfred Brown/Desmond Dupre/Gerald English]
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[00:00.000]The Painful Plough - Alfred Deller/Wilfred Brown/Desmond Dupre/Gerald English
[00:04.469]Come all you jolly ploughmen
[00:07.559]Of courage stout and bold
[00:10.579]That labour all the winter
[00:13.659]In stormy winds and cold
[00:16.778]To clothe your fields with plenty
[00:19.968]Your farm-yards to renew
[00:23.258]To crown them with contentment
[00:26.308]Behold the painful plough
[00:31.148]Hold ploughman says the gardener
[00:34.198]Don't count your trade with ours
[00:37.328]But walk through the garden
[00:40.468]And view the early flowers
[00:43.538]Also the curious border
[00:46.738]And pleasant walks go view
[00:49.887]There's none such peace and plenty
[00:52.976]Performed by the plough
[00:57.756]Hold gardener says the ploughman
[01:00.876]My calling don't despise
[01:03.956]Since each man for his living
[01:07.286]Upon his trade relies
[01:10.316]Were it not for the ploughman
[01:13.435]Both rich and poor would rue
[01:16.595]For we are all dependent
[01:19.624]Upon the painful plough
[01:24.523]For Adam was a ploughman
[01:27.733]When ploughing did begin
[01:30.822]The next that did succeed him
[01:34.002]Was Cain the eldest son
[01:37.091]Some of the generation
[01:40.360]This calling now pursue
[01:43.530]That bread may not be wanting
[01:46.660]Remains the painful plough
[01:51.439]Now Samson was the strong man
[01:54.737]And Solomon was wise
[01:58.007]Alexander for to conquer
[02:01.107]It was his daily pride
[02:04.086]King David was a valiant man
[02:07.336]And many thousands slew
[02:10.406]Yet none of these brave heroes
[02:13.445]Could live without the plough
[02:18.355]Behold the wealthy merchant
[02:21.505]That trades in foreign seas
[02:24.544]To bring the gold and treasure
[02:27.594]For those who live at ease
[02:30.643]To bring fine silks and spices
[02:33.862]To bring the fruits also
[02:37.001]They bring them from the Indies
[02:40.011]By virtue of the plough
[02:44.710]And then the man that brings them
[02:47.690]Will own to what is true
[02:50.720]He cannot sail the ocean
[02:53.870]Without the painful plough
[02:56.919]For they must have bread biscuit
[02:59.849]Rice pudding flour and peas
[03:02.929]To feed the jolly sailors
[03:05.899]As they sail over the seas
[03:10.629]I hope there's none offended
[03:14.048]With me for singing this
[03:17.308]For it was not intended
[03:20.518]For anything I miss
[03:23.838]If you consider rightly
[03:27.068]You'll find what I say is true
[03:30.427]For trees that I have mentioned
[03:34.247]Depend upon the plough