Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk Sweet Violets 3 
Sweet Violets 3 
There was a young farmer who sat on a rick, Bawling and shouting and waving his fist 
At a lady who sat on the rocks Teaching young boys how to play with their 
Bows and their arrows and weapons of yore When along came a lady who looked like a 
Decent young lady who walked like a duck, She said she had found out a new way to 
Educate the children to sew and to knit, While the men of the manor were shovelling 
Muck from the barnyard and dirt from the byre Where the lord of the manor was pulling his 
Horse from the stable to go on the hunt While the lady of the manor was powdering her 
Face - what did you think I was going to say? I'll sing it another day. 
AX OCT98