Bill Jones - The Barley And The Rye lyrics

It's of an old country farmer living in the West Country And he had the prettiest little wife that you ever did see She had no money, wealth or j**ellery, but the farmer did imply That they'd both be well provided for by the barley and the rye Now the farmer being elderly soon did tire of new wedded life So he pa**ed his time working and neglected his wife Well a young laddie came a courting her when the old man wasn't nigh And it's oft times they'd take a tumble 'mongst the barley and the rye Well the old man woke in the morning, and he found himself all alone He looked out of his window, saw his wife in the corn And a young laddie lay beside her, which caused the man to cry He said "wife, wife I wonder at you for the spoiling of our rye" "Oh husband" she cried, "oh husband, it's the like I've never done before And if you've got one friend love, I've another in store He's a friend love who'd not desert you if you would him employ He's got money enough love to pay for both the barley and the rye" Well the farmer took on the young lad for his working day it was long And nine months being over, his pretty wife bore a son And as she sat and nursed the child, she wondered by and by Was the baby born for the farmer or the barley and the rye?