Current Events > are there any farmer equivalent of sea shanties?

(+) Yeah! (+)

and i'm not talking random crappy country songs, that's a terrible genre

i ask cause in my new DnD game, i play a character with a farmer background, and i like to be prepared

https://youtu.be/btEpF334Rtc

that is absolutely in the right set of mind, but something older is needed, something that doesn't mention modern equipment that doesn't exist at the time

though, with some effort i might be able to change the lyrics just enough

https://youtu.be/2zwwqEm5YhQ

Irish folk music would be the equivalent I'd think. Look for workers songs in particular since they're usually about toiling the fields and other farmer activities.

I guess African-American spirituals and work songs are kind of like this.

Yeah, look up 17th century work songs or something I heard a few in a college class, pretty dull imo

maybe i'm looking in the wrong places, but majority of irish stuff i'm finding seems to be ballad types, which isn't fun at all

can probably remake the combine harvester song, if i change "tractor" to "bull" or "oxen"
and "combine harvester, and i'll give you the key" to something like "brand new plow to sow a field or three"

that will have to do for now, doubt it's gonna come up for a few game sessions atleast

I'll probably get modded for this, but look up any songs that came from around the time of the American Civil war