The Auld Farmer Lyrics And Chords By Seamus Moore

The Auld / Old Farmer Song Lyrics Guitar Chords and 5 string banjo chords. The original name of this song was Sweet Violets, or sometimes called ,''The Assumption Song'', or The Farmer's Daughter. I have included the sheet music also. The song was written in 1951 by Cy Coben & Charles Grean. Bob Saget also recorded it and said it was an old English folk song. The Arrogant Worms also recorded it and so did Seamus Kennedy..

There was an old farmer he sat on a rock.
He thought all the wee boys to play with their
Toys in the meadows and over the moors
Pay me nice lady, she looked like
 
A very nice lady sure she walked like a dog.
She thought she'd invented a new kind of
Educate her children a new way to write
But the old farmer's son was out shovelling
 
Dirt from the farmyard into the bire
The dirty old farmer was pulling his
Horse from the stable to go on a hunt
While the old farmer's wife was there powering
 
Her sweet violets, sweeter than the roses.
Covered all over from head to toe
Covered all over with sweet violets.

Now the old farmers daughter stood by his side
She said to herself I feel like a 
Good walk by the river and over the hill
She'll just take a candle to give her a
 
Light if it darkens, she'll need a whole lot of luck
If she meets with the farm hand and he wants
Sweet violets, sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
Covered all over with sweet violets.

Now the farmer and his young lad is just twenty six
He's a dirty old habit of sucking at
Straws and matches, and he lives in fear
Where ever he goes they all think he's
Sweet violets, sweeter than the roses
 
Covered all over from head to toe
Covered all over with sweet violets
Covered all over from head to toe
Covered all over with sweet violets

THE AULD FARMER 3/4 (Seamus Moore) Guitar Chords
Seamus Moore played this song in E major with the capo on 2nd fret
 
Intro: D-D-D-A   A-A-A7-D-D
 
For (D) there was an old farmer, who sat on a (A) rock,
he thought all the wee boys to play with their
(D) toys. In the meadows and over the (A) moors,
pay me young lady, she looked like a
(D) very nice lady. Sure she walked like a (A) dog.
She thought she'd invented a new age of
(D) educate her children to read and to (A) write,
but the old farmer's son was out shovelling
(D) dirt from the farmyard into the (A) byre.
The dirty old farmer was pulling his
(D) horse from the stable to go on a (A) hunt.
While the old farmer's wife was there powering her
(D) sweet (G) vio- (D) -lets, sweeter (G) than the (A) roses
covered all over from head to toe
covered all (A7)over with (G) sweet vio- (D) -lets.
 
(D) Now the old farmer’s daughter stood by his (A) side,
she said to herself I feel like a
(D) good walk by the river and over the (A) hill.
She'll just take a candle to give her a
(D) light if it darkens. She'll need a whole lot of (A) luck
if she meets with the farmhand and he wants to
(D) sweet (G) vio- (D) -lets, sweeter (G) than the (A) roses
covered all over from head to toe
covered all (A7) over with (G) sweet vio- (D) -lets.
 
(D) Now the farmer and his young lad, he's just twenty (A) six
he's a dirty old habit of sucking at
(D) straws and matches, and he lives in (A) fear
where ever he goes they all think he's
(D) sweet (G) vio- (D) -lets, sweeter (G) than the (A) roses
covered all over from head to toe
covered all (A7) over with (G) sweet vio- (D) -lets.
(A) Covered all over from head to toe
covered all (A7) over with (G) sweet vio- (D) -lets

Seamus Moore Irish Singer of The Auld Farmer

The Auld Farmer / Sweet Violets Sheet Music Notes In G Major