The painful plough ; a portrait of the agricultural labourer in the nineteenth century from folk songs and ballads and contemporary accounts / Selected and edited by Roy Palmer. Foreword by Edward Thompson.

Author/creator Palmer, Roy
Other author Arch, Joseph, 1826-1919.
Format Musical Score
Publication InfoCambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1973.
Description64 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe resources of music series, 5
Resources of music series, 5. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Bird scarers' cries ; The farmers done over ; The new-fashioned farmer ; Country hirings ; The sucking pig ; The labouring man ; Pity poor labourers ; The Owlsbury lads ; The hones ploughman ; Present times, or eight shillings a week ; Van Dieman's land ; The sheepstealer ; The rigs of the times ; Poor shepherds ; Prop of the land ; The fine old English labourer ; My master and I ; Come all you bold fellows that follow the plough ; The painful plough ; The sheep shearing ; Three acres and a cow ; The jolly ploughboy.
General noteMelodies with chord symbols.
General note"Each chapter begins with an extract from the autobiography of Joseph Arch (1826-1919)"
LCCN 73217985

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks M1977.L3 P28 ✔ Available Place Hold