The Plough Boy
Source:
LaRena Clark
Composer:
Thomas Payne Westendorf via Trad.
Region:
South Central
Circa:
1849-1900
Year:
1960
LaRena sings "Thge Ploughboy"
A folk version of "The Man Behind The Plough" written by Thomas Payne Westendorf in the 1870s. Westendorf was an American who also wrote the well-known "traditional" Irish song, "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen".
"The Man Behind The Plough" seems to have been more popular in Canada than in the U.S.
Themes
SONGS OF SOCIAL LIFE
SONGS OF LARENA CLARK
ON THE FARM & IN THE BUSH
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