The Farmer in the Dell

by William Fields

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36.000 x 24.000 inches

Title

The Farmer in the Dell

Artist

William Fields

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Photograph - Photograph

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The farmer in the dell
The farmer in the dell
Heigh-ho, the derry-o
The farmer in the dell
And there are several other verses with subsequent taking by a host of farm denizens including a mouse.
The rhyme is first recorded in Germany in 1826, as "Es fuhr ein Bau'r ins Holz," and was more clearly a courtship game with a farmer choosing a wife, then in turn the selecting of a child, maid, and serving man, who leaves the maid after kissing. This was probably taken to North America by German immigrants, where it next surfaced in New York in 1883 much in its modern form and using a melody similar to "A Hunting We Will Go". From here it seems to have been adopted throughout the United States, Canada (noted from 1893), the Netherlands (1894) and Great Britain; it is first found in Scotland in 1898 and England from 1909. In the early twentieth century it was evident as wide as France ("Le fermier dans son pré"), Sweden ("En bonde i vår by"), Australia, and South Africa. Since then it has spread internationally. There is even a Thai version to the same tune but with a slightly different story. The three verses roughly translate to "Why does the frog have a stomach ache? Why does the frog have a stomach ache? Because he has been eating wet rice. Why is the rice wet? Why is the rice wet? Because it has been raining. Why has it been raining? Why has it been raining? Because the frog has been croaking.” I rather like that. I’ll never think of this song in the same way again.

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January 11th, 2013

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