"THE FARMER'S BOY

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 66, 18 March 1911, Page 6

"THE FARMER'S BOY

The late Signor Foli used to tell a good story about that popular air, ''The Farmer's Boy," While spending a holiday in the country he went fishing, and was caught in a heavy storm. Hurrying to a farmhouse for refuge, he found that the yeoman's daughter had been married that morning, and that festivities were in progress. He was made Welcome, although his identity was not known, and in due course he was asked to contribute a song. He gave "The Farmer's Boy," which, it goes without saying, was received with acclamation.

But the farmer himself . was restrained in his praise. "It wur good," he said; "but ye can't sing it like our cowman. I've heard he a mile a-way against the wind."