Alison Krauss & Union Station - The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn (Lyrics)

[@brandywineblogger1411]

I can't tell you how happy I was to find this here. A perfectly performed interpretation. I had only heard a variation of this as a teen which was quicker and in a major key. Ten years later I had graduated from an East coast school of music and was researching the English, Scottish folk ballads ( Childs) and their Appalachian variants (John Jacob Niles, Cecil Sharpe) and made a CD. This is such a pure modal version. And while years later, I no longer perform, it still gives me chills to hear such a beautiful new found variation. Thank You! "The Bard of the Brandywine"

[@kewlbreeze57]

Awesome song.

[@hanakard8058]

I loveeee this song !!!!!

[@elenaekinai3598]

Yess me too

[@luigizullo6947]

This song illustrates that there is no profit from laziness and procrastination. The refusal of the young lady to marry him and having to support him was correct.

[@mrgruffy4499]

Great reply. Thanks. I heard this song several years ago, and it stuck to me. Is the "hoeing corn" symbolic of something, like obligations and personal responsibility? And where is there frost in September? Not in the corn belt. Hoeing corn disturbs the "feeder" roots.

[@RyanStarr-bn9dv]

I disagree… to me it’s more about hell with the people that expect you to be something you’re not. Love is more important than being this or that. The boy clearly wants more than just being a farmer and he will make the woman regret throwing him away for not being one. It shines a light on the simpleminded nature of a lot of folks where I’m from… we rely on coal mining and I worked many years underground but eventually decided I wanted more… and more doesn’t always mean more money or material success… miners make 6 figures these days around here. I decided I wanted a life that stands above money and material things.

[@Felipehsbr]

​@@RyanStarr-bn9dv I think you're wrong. In the beginning of the song the farmer is portraited as lazy.

[@cefacidulceata5973]

🇷🇴