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This song is part of a well-known chidren's choosing game, and the tune to which it is sung here is a fragment of the country dance Dr Faustus. This version of Oats and Beans comes from Lucy Broadwood's collection, English County Songs. In all likelihood, the song preserves the tradition of a formula sung originally at the sowing of grain, and is the last remains of a very ancient agricultural rite. We just like the way it sounds!

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Chorus:

Oats and beans and barley grows
As vou and I and everyone knows;
Oats and beans and barley grows
As you and I and everyone knows.
Waiting for a partner.

First, the farmer sows his seed;
Then he stands and takes his ease,
Stamps his foot and claps his hand
And turns around to view the land.
Waiting for a partner.

Now you're married you must obey,
Must be true in all you say,
Must be kind and must be good
And help your wife to chop the wood.
Waiting for a partner.

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from This Side Of The Ocean, released December 28, 2021
David - Vocals, melodeon • lan - Vocals, concertina • Alistair - Bodhran, chorus • Grit - Guitar, chorus • Jim - Whistle, chorus • Laurence - Fiddle, chorus • Tam - Long-necked mandolin, chorus

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Laurence Stevenson Brighton, Ontario

Having been born in Scotland and moved to Canada in my high school years, my life has followed parallel (but musically related) paths.
A career in radio, firstly as a radio news tech then a sound effects guy to creator of the CBC Radio Experimental Audio Room and finally as an international award winning radio producer for the popular show, Outfront, has been tracked alongside a life as a fiddler.
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