When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s horses,
With a Gee-wo here, and a Gee-wo there,
And here a Gee, and there a Gee,
And everywhere a Gee;
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?

When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s Lambs,
With a baa-baa here, and a baa-baa there,
And here a baa, and there a baa,
And everywhere a baa;
With a Gee-wo here, and a Gee-wo there,
And here a Gee, and there a Gee,
And everywhere a Gee;
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?

When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s hens,
With a Chuck-Chuck here, and a Chuck-Chuck there,
And here a Chuck, and there a Chuck,
And everywhere a Chuck;
With a baa-baa here, and a baa-baa there,
And here a baa, and there a baa,
And everywhere a baa;
With a Gee-wo here, and a Gee-wo there,
&c., &c., &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?

When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s pigs,
With a grunt-grunt here, and a grunt-grunt there,
And here a grunt, and there a grunt,
And everywhere a grunt;
With a Chuck-Chuck here, and a Chuck-Chuck there,
And here a Chuck, and there a Chuck,
And everywhere a Chuck;
With a baa-baa here, and a baa-baa there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a Gee-wo here, and a Gee-wo there,
&c., &c., &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?

When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s ducks,
With a quack-quack here, and a quack-quack there,
And here a quack, and there a quack,
And everywhere a quack;
With a grunt-grunt here, and a grunt-grunt there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a Chuck-Chuck here, &c.
With a baa-baa here, &c.
With a Gee-wo here, &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?

When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s dogs,
With a Bow-Bow here, and a Bow-wow there,
And here a Bow, and there a wow,
And everywhere a wow;
With a quack-quack here, and a quack-quack there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a grunt-grunt here, &c.
With a Chuck-Chuck here, &c.
With a baa-baa here, &c.
With a Gee-wo here, &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?

When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s children,
With a shouting here, and a pouting there,
And here a shout, and there a pout,
And everywhere a shout;
With a Bow-Bow here, and a Bow-wow there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a quack-quack here, &c.
With a grunt-grunt here, &c.
With a Chuck-Chuck here, &c.
With a baa-baa here, &c.
With a Gee-wo here, &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?

When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy
I used to keep my master’s turkeys,
With a Gobble-Gobble here, and a Gobble-Gobble there,
And here a Gobble, and there a Gobble;
And everywhere a Gobble;
With a shouting here, and a pouting there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a Bow-wow here, &c.
With a quack-quack here, &c.
With a grunt-grunt here, &c.
With a Chuck-Chuck here, &c.
With a baa-baa here, &c.
With a Gee-wo here, &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?