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LAZY FARMER BOY (A). AKA - "Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn (The)." American, Song (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The song was recorded in New York in June, 1931, by Buster Carter and Preston Young. Fiddler Posey Rorer accompanied them as a side man. The song begins:

Well, I'll sing a little song, but it ain't very long,
About a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn.
And why this was I never could tell,
For that young man was always well.
That young man was always well.

Source for notated version: Posey Rorer [Milliner & Koken]

Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 376.

Recorded sources:

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+'''LAZY FARMER BOY (A).''' AKA - "[[Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn (The)]]." American, Song (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The song was recorded in New York in June, 1931, by Buster Carter and Preston Young. Fiddler Posey Rorer accompanied them as a side man. The song begins:
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+''Well, I'll sing a little song, but it ain't very long,''<br>
+''About a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn.''<br>
+''And why this was I never could tell,''<br>
+''For that young man was always well.''<br>
+''That young man was always well.''<br>
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