Stay in the Wagon Yard
First recording and first release by "Peg" Moreland (July 5, 1928 / January 29, 1929)
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- [Traditional]
- Language
- English
- Comments
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aka "Buy a Half Pint and Stay in the Wagon Yard" or "I Wish I Had Stayed in the Wagon Yard". Old-time American song first recorded in 1928 that likely is an updated, Americanized version of the 19th century English folk song The Farmer's Toast / God Speed the Plough which is about a jolly farmer and drinking a pint. Uncertain who modernized the song (e.g., references to cars).
[Verse One]
I am a jolly farmer, last night I came to town.
To bring a bale of cotton, I'd worked the whole year round.
I put my team in the wagon yard and bought me a bottle of gin.
I went out to see the 'lectric lights and watch the cars come in. - Licensing
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