Song Lyrics Unknown - Honest Labourer    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Honest Labourer Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Honest Labourer Theme ID: 4342 Album: N/A HONEST LABOURER It was of an honest labourer, As I've heard people say, He goes out in the morning And he works hard all the day. And he's got seven children And most of them are small; He has nothing but hard labour To maintain them all. A gentlemen, one evening, Walking out to take the air, He met with this poor labouring man And solemnly declared, I think you are that thresherman Yes sir, said he, that's true How do you get your living Just as well as you do? Sometimes I do reap And sometimes I do mow And other times to hedging And to ditching I do go; There is nothing comes amiss to me From the harrow to the plough. That's how I get my living By the sweat of my brow. When I go home at night Just as tired as I be, I take my youngest child And I dance him on my knee. The others come around me With their prittle-prattling toys, And that's the only comfort A working man enjoys. "My wife and I are willing, And we both join in one yoke; We live like two turtle doves And not one word provoke, Although the times are very hard And we are very poor. We can scarcely keep the raving wolf Away from the door." Well done, you honest labourer, You speak well of your wife. I hope you will live happy All the days of your life. Here's forty acres of good land Which I will give to thee, Which will help to maintain your wife And little family. Recorded by the Copper Family @farm @work filename[ HONLABOR JY ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: House Of The Rising Sun, How Can I Keep From Swinging, How Can I Keep Fromswinging, How Can I Keep My Maidenhead, How Happy The Soldier, How Should I Your True Love Know, Hudson River Steamer, Hughie Graham, Hughie Grame, Hullabaloo Belay, Humble Heart, Humoresque, Humours Of Whiskey, Hungary Native Anthem Text, Hungry Hash House, Hunt Is Up, Hunters Of Kentucky, Hunting The Wren, Hurrah Lie, Husbandman And Servingman, Hush Little Baby, Huzza For Liberty, Hymn, I Ainse Loved A Lass, I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger, I Am A Pretty Little Dutch Girl, I Am A Suffragette, I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day, I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus, Ill Be Home For Christmas, Ill Fly Away, Im Getting Nuttin For Christmas, Ise The By That Builds The Boat, Iceland Native Anthem Text, If Youre Ever In Texas, If Youre Irish Come Into The Parlor, Ill Lay Ye Doon Love, Ill Never Get Home To My Darling Tonight, Ill Not Marry At All, Ill Sell My Hat Ill Sell My Coat, Ill Take The Legs From Some Old Table, Im A Mainframe, Im A Nut, Im A Rover And Seldom Sober, Im Champion At Keeping Em Rolling, Im Going For A Walk, Im Going To Drown My Cat, Im Going To Georgia, Im Gonna Mail Myself To You, Im Gonna Tell, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy