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Two Young Brethren 
Two Young Brethren 
Come all jolly ploughmen and help me to sing I will sing in the praise of you all I a man he don't labour how can he get bread I will sing and make merry with all 
It was of two young brethren, two young brethren bold I was of two young brethren bold One he was a shepherd and a tender of sheep The other a planter of corn 
We will rile it, we will tile it through mud and through clay We will plough it up deeper and low Then after comes the seedsman his corn for to sow And the harrows to rake it in rose 
There is April, there is May, there is June and July What a pleasure it is for to see the corn grow In August we will reap it, we will cut, sheaf and bind it And go down with our scythes for to mow 
And after we've reaped it of every sheaf And have gathered of every ear With a drop of good beer, boys, and our hearts full of cheer We will wish them another good year 
Our barns they are full and our fields they are clear Good health to our master and friends We will make no more to do but we'll plough and we'll sow And prepare for the very next year 
recorded by Dave Weatherhall & Martin Hall on "Voices. Traditional English Songs" (1991) 
"A song from the Copper Family of Rottingdean. It is a rustic idyll about a way - and pace - of life which has all but disappeared." 
MJ