THE FARMER TOOK ANOTHER LOAD AWAY

by Leslie, O'Flynn & Vincent
as sung by the Happiness Boys, Billy Jones & Ernest Hare


"Harvest time is drawing near", shouted Farmer Grey
"Let's load up the old hay truck and drive to town today".
Oh, the farmer, oh the farmer, took another load away
Hey, hey, Farmer Grey took another load away.
H:	I got married and divorced, it was quite a stew
J:	Because your wife would not let her mother live with you.
H:	I have a dandy landlord now, how he makes me laugh.
J:	He walked in today and said he'd cut your rent in half!
Oh the farmer, oh the farmer, took another load away
Hay, hay, Farmer Grey took another load away.
Robbers broke into our house, but they left again
'Cause the clock had just struck five, and they were union men.
I rode on a streetcar once, holding on a strap
When a girl said, "If you're tired, please sit on my lap."
(?) I don't need a five shoe step standing in my hall
(?) Your wife gives you Halifax without a shoe that's all
Oh the farmer, oh the farmer, took another load away,
Hey hey, Farmer Grey took another load away.
Mary had a little lamb, the butcher killed it dead
Now she takes the lamb to school, between two hunks of bread.
Talk about your honest men, I am stating facts,
I paid five years in advance on my income tax.
The moonshines all around the town, the sunshines over head
But it's just the sunshine, folks, that makes my nose so red.
I just bought a suit of clothes from Levi and Bloom
Now I can't sit down because there's only standing room.
Oh the farmer, oh the farmer, took another load away
Hey, hey, Farmer Grey took another load away.
One girl changes gowns each day twenty times, I'm told
But that girl they talk about is only three months old.
I think that we've sung enough of this little song
I do too, let's sing the chorus, then we'll run along.
Oh the farmer, Oh the farmer, took another load away 
Hey hey, Farmer Grey took another load away.


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