Tabbed by: Chadster111

This song is fairly simple once you get down the chords. The chords are:

 C5 : x32010
 G5 : 320003
A5 : xx2210
 F5 : x33211

Once you have these chords down it is a simple, 'down-down-down-down' strum 
pattern. You will play the chords simultaneously with the quarter notes.

Please be aware that you will strike 'C' twice, 'G' twice, 'Am' twice, but only 
'F' once. Once you hit 'F' once, you start over the pattern like so:
      C5     C5     G5     G5     A5     A5     F5     C5     C5     G5     G5 
e | ----0-----0-----3-----3------0------0-----1-- | --0-----0-----3-----3---etc. | 
B | ----1-----1-----0-----0------1------1-----1-- | --1-----1-----0-----0------- | 
G | ----0-----0-----0-----0------2------2-----2-- | --0-----0-----0-----0------- | 
D | ----2-----2-----0-----0------2------2-----3-- | --2-----2-----0-----0------- | 
A | ----3-----3-----2-----2------x------x-----3-- | --3-----3-----2-----2------- | 
E | ----x-----x-----3-----3------x------x-----x-- | --x-----x-----3-----3------- | 

This pattern ensues throughout the entire song. Now to the entire tabulature:

 
C5                           G5
There was an old farmer who lived on a rock,
   A5                             F5
he sat in the meadow, just shaking his 
C5                         G5
fist at the boys who were down by the crick,
      A5                      F5
their feet in the water, their hands on their
C5                          G5
marbles and playthings and hand half-past four,
A5                          F5
there came a young lady, she looked like a 
C5                         G5
pretty young creature she sat on the grass,
A5                              F5
she pulled up her dress, and she showed them her
C5                     G5
ruffles and laces and fluffy white duck,
A5                          F5
she said she was learning a new way to
C5                         G5
bring up her children, so they would not spit
A5                                  F5                             
while the boys in the barnyard were shoveling
C5                       G5
refuse, and litter from yesterday's hunt
A5                               F5
while the girl in the meadow was rubbing her
C5                  G5
eye at the fellow, down by the dock
A5                          F5
he looked like a man with a sizable
C5                           G5
home in the country, with a big fence out front
A5                              F5
if he asked her politely, she'd show him her
C5                       G5
little pet dog, who was subject to fits
A5                           F5
and maybe she'd let him grab hold of her
C5                          G5
small, tender hands with a movement so quick
A5                           F5
and then she'd bend over and suck on his
C5                    G5
candy, so tasty made of butterscotch
A5                                  F5
and then he'd spread whip cream all over her
C5                         G5
cookies that she had left out on her shelf
A5                   
if you think this is dirty
F5
you can go ____ yourself!
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