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No. 11 - Duet - Toby and Quiller - "The Farmer and the Scarecrow."
| Chorus: | Fal la! la la la la la la... |
| Toby: | There once was a Farmer's buxom wife, He held her the pride and joy of life, And she was fair, debonair, Never a thought or care. |
| Girls: | With never a thought or care. Ha ha ha ha ha ha... |
| Toby: | The Farmer he was old and grim, She did not care a straw for him, She'd a gallant young and gay, |
| Chorus: | With whom she passed the time away, away... |
| Toby: | Farmer he was old and grim, She did not care a straw for him, She'd a gallant young and gay, |
| Chorus: | To pass the time away. |
| Toby: | The Farmer kept a scarecrow To keep the birds away, But scarecrows will not do, they say, |
| Chorus: | To keep away a gallant gay. |
| Toby: | A scarecrow won't keep gallants gay away. |
| Chorus: | Its Caw! Caw! Scarecrows they say Won't keep gallants away, so they say. |
| Quiller: | So all merrily went till one fine day That old farmer homeward came; 'Twas O deary me! What do I see? What do I see? Here is a fine cavalier kissing my dame! Tol lol lol lol and a tol lol lol lee. Zooks! what a sight for a farmer to see. |
| Toby: | The gallant escaped at goodly pace, But could not give up that dame with grace, But in the field, well concealed, He took the scarecrow's place. |
| Girls: | Oh, he took the scarecrow's place. Ha ha ha ha ha ha... |
| Toby: | He wore the scarecrow's tattered dress; And she would go as you may guess To the field and work all day |
| Chorus: | To help him keep the crows away, away... |
| Toby: | Wore the scarecrow's tattered dress; And she would go as you may guess To the field and work all day |
| Chorus: | To keep the crows away. |
| Toby: | The Farmer went to market And oft would stay all day; When he came back, he'd cause to mourn, |
| Chorus: | The crows had eaten all the corn. |
| Toby: | The crows had eaten all the Farmer's corn. |
| Chorus: | Its Caw! Caw! Scarecrows they say Won't keep gallants away, so they say. |
| Quiller: | So all merrily went until they say That old farmer came home one day, And what should he behold but his Wife with the scarecrow a-running o'er the hillside away! Tol lol lol lol and a tol lol lol lee. Zooks! what a sight for a husband to see. |
| Chorus: | Oh, fie! fie! fie! Ta di rol lol lol lay. |
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American Musical Theatre | The Highwayman
Page modified 15 December 2016