🎧 The Farmer’s Curst Wife

Episode summary: This episode looks at the ballad The Farmer’s Curst Wife aka the Women are Worse than the Men aka The Old Man under the Hill aka The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife aka The Old Woman and the Devil aka The Battle Axe and the Devil aka The Farmer and the Devil aka The Carle o’ Killyburn Braes aka The Farmer’s Wife aka Jack’s Wife aka Kellybumbraes aka Ten Little Devils The Devil and the Fanner’s Wife aka The Devil’s Song aka The Old Devil Come to my Plow aka The Old Jokey Song aka The (Old) Scolding Wife. Tracklist A.L. Lloyd – The Devil and the Ploughman Walter Pardon – The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife Gordon Hall – Farmer’s Curst Wife The City Waites – Lillibullero Frankie Armstrong – Devil and the Farmer’s Wife Jimmy White – The Devil Maggie Murphy – Killyburn Brae Dominic Behan – The Women are Worse than the Men Margaret Dunne – There was an Old Woman from Conner in Hell Thomas Moran – The Farmer’s Curst Wife Bill and Belle Reed – Old Lady and the Devil Captain Pearl R. Nye – Old Woman under the Hill Joe…