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 Info | Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1973. |
| Description | 64 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The 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 note | Melodies 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 |