The Thresherman and the Squire

From Clarke Lonkhurst

Collected by Cecil Sharp, Hamstreet, 23rd September 1908.

Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words CJS2/9/1774, Folk Tunes CJS2/10/1921

Roud 19

A similar version of the song – although in 4/4 rather than 6/8 – was noted by Francis Collinson from Clark Lonkhurst’s cousin Harry Barling. See The Thresher Man.