The Farmers Toast

     C
Come all jolly fellows
     F                G
Who delight in being mellow,
   C         F           G
Attend unto me don't be lazy;
       C
For a pint when it's quiet
      F           G
Come all let us try it
      C           F          G  C
For thinking can make us all crazy


[Verse 2]

      C
Come sit at my table
    F      G
As many as able
      C            F           G
I’ll not hear one word of complaining
         C
For the tinkling of glasses
     F        G
All music surpasses
   C           F          G   C
I long to see bottles a-draining


[Chorus]

        C
I have lawns I have bowers
        F               G
I have fields, I have flowers
         C          F      G
And the lark is my daily alarmer
    C
So jolly boys now
     F           G
Who follow the plough
   C             F           G  C
A health and success to the farmer


[Verse 3]

C
For here I am king,
F                       G
I can laugh, drink and sing,
     C          F           G
Let no one approach as a stranger;
      C
But show me the ass
       F        G
Who refuses a glass,
      C            F        G  C
I'll treat him to hay in a manger


[Chorus]

        C
I have lawns I have bowers
        F               G
I have fields, I have flowers
         C          F      G
And the lark is my daily alarmer
    C
So jolly boys now
     F           G
Who follow the plough
   C             F           G  C
A health and success to the farmer


[Verse 4]

         C
Let the wealthy and great
         F           G
Be in splendor and state
  C          F        G
I envy them not I declare it
   C
I eat my own ham,
         F           G
My own chickens and lamb
    C            F          G   C
I shear my own sheep and I wear it


[Chorus]

        C
I have lawns I have bowers
        F               G
I have fields, I have flowers
         C          F      G
And the lark is my daily alarmer
    C
So jolly boys now
     F           G
Who follow the plough
   C             F           G  C
A health and success to the farmer


[Verse 5]

         C
Were it not for my seeding
       F              G
You’d all have poor feeding
     C             F              G
I’m sure you would all starve without me
    C
But I am content
           F             G
When I’ve just paid the rent
     C           F            G    C
I’m happy when friends are around me


[Chorus]

        C
I have lawns I have bowers
        F               G
I have fields, I have flowers
         C          F      G
And the lark is my daily alarmer
    C
So jolly boys now
     F           G
Who follow the plough
   C             F           G  C
A health and success to the farmer