Circa 1880-1910
Oh! I be a turnit hoer, from Zummerzetshire I came. My parents is hard working volks, Giles Webster be my name. 'Twas on a zummer's mornin', e'en at the break of day, When I took my hoe and off did go zum fifty miles away.
And zum delights in hay makin' and a vew be vond of mowin', But of all the jobs that I like best, gi'e ae the turnit hoein'. For the vlies, the vlies, the vlies be on the turnit, And 'tis all no use for ae to try to keep them off the turnits.
Collected by:
Cecil Sharp, Peter Kennedy, Sabine Baring Gould
