The English and Scottish Popular Ballads/Part 10/Ballad Airs from Manuscript/Ballad 278

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4526776The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Part 10, Ballad Airs from Manuscript — Ballad 278. The Farmer's Curst Wife1898Francis James Child

278 B. The Farmer's Curst Wife.
Miss M. Macmath.

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                    The auld Deil cam to the man at the pleugh,
                    Rum -- chy ae de aid -- ie, saying,
                    "\"I" wish ye gude luck at the mak -- ing o yer "sheugh.\""
                    Mushy toor -- in an ant tan air -- a.
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