tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post447584149189489850..comments2024-03-27T07:00:37.924+00:00Comments on "By Stargoose And Hanglands": The Old Grey FergusonJohn "By Stargoose And Hanglands"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-86863976584699190432013-11-10T11:04:59.248+00:002013-11-10T11:04:59.248+00:00well I thought this song was really well written; ...well I thought this song was really well written; I enjoyed seeing the picture in my head from those words JohnCarole M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13261384312136535762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-27027668809920735262013-11-08T08:36:23.879+00:002013-11-08T08:36:23.879+00:00Hildred: Much the same situation here except that ...Hildred: Much the same situation here except that Fordsons and Nuffields were the serious tractors. The old Fergie was used as in the song for all manner of litttle jobs and was the first tractor that youngsters were allowed to drive.<br />Jenny: I'd heard that black fly song somewhere a long time ago but Wade Hemsworth is a new name to me. Thanks.<br />Sinbad John: Yes, it's the only tractor I've ever seen with one light. The tractor in the picture isn't the one I remember in the song. The one in the photograph was at a country show; when the tractors did a parade around the main enclosure the commentator described it as being in "excellent farmyard condition"!<br />Arija: our Fergie was much the same; nobody ever thought to do any maintenance on it but it just kept going.<br />Sue and "cieldequimper": I thought the song "The Country Carrier" was well known and would be on YouTube but it isn't. Any jaunty tune would do - it almost fits The Archers theme tune. Incidentally my mother's cousin is Colin Skipp who has played Tony Archer since his character came into the series nearly 50 years ago.<br />And to everyone else who has commented a hearty country thankyou. I didn't realise there were so many tractor boys (and girls) out there!John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-49987242812898904572013-11-08T03:32:09.650+00:002013-11-08T03:32:09.650+00:00A poem? You are a clever man. Prose is hard enou...A poem? You are a clever man. Prose is hard enough for most of us!Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323811980627840654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-59685815117580126012013-11-07T20:07:25.950+00:002013-11-07T20:07:25.950+00:00I used to listen to the Archers when I could get t...I used to listen to the Archers when I could get the Beeb in the West of France... Cool song, but what's the tune? ;-)cieldequimperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541298876304462514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-62729411886079315832013-11-07T19:37:12.169+00:002013-11-07T19:37:12.169+00:00Nice ditty about the Ferguson, Early farm equipmen...Nice ditty about the Ferguson, Early farm equipment has a special meaning for farm folks. Talk to some old timers about their old tractor and see the glimmer come into their eyes. -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-3032100987877982112013-11-07T17:23:56.643+00:002013-11-07T17:23:56.643+00:00I remember those standing around in these parts to...I remember those standing around in these parts too. Old agricultural machinery seems to get a kind of patina that is quite exceptional.Rune Eidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008247272056395901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-51025032178261035572013-11-07T13:31:37.212+00:002013-11-07T13:31:37.212+00:00Larry says he wants that tractor!Larry says he wants that tractor!Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-51063577021729695142013-11-07T13:25:44.453+00:002013-11-07T13:25:44.453+00:00It's Cyclops! What a cool old tractor. Love th...It's Cyclops! What a cool old tractor. Love the song too, I was searching in my head for a melody for it...Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-83577659592932958392013-11-07T04:37:54.946+00:002013-11-07T04:37:54.946+00:00Lovely, we still have an old Fergie that was on it...Lovely, we still have an old Fergie that was on it's last legs when we bought it with the farm 21 years ago. It has a new lease of life now that my grandson is looking after the mechanical side and has given it a real spring in it's step again.Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-8761525420371634852013-11-07T00:03:37.659+00:002013-11-07T00:03:37.659+00:00I like the single lamp, just enough to see you are...I like the single lamp, just enough to see you are going straight down the rows and to get back to the barn by.John @ Beans and I on the Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185975793295220723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-54454991978153698332013-11-06T23:25:54.719+00:002013-11-06T23:25:54.719+00:00That's great! I love those old tractors.That's great! I love those old tractors. Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043065727770116407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-75748007988881977452013-11-06T22:53:10.363+00:002013-11-06T22:53:10.363+00:00Great little ditty. Reading about folks songs not ...Great little ditty. Reading about folks songs not being for real "folk" made me think of Wade Hemsworth,<br />a Canadian folk song writer and singer who died not long ago. He wrote about northern Ontario and is famous for a song about black flies, something all rural Ontarians and Quebecers can identify with.<br />He's on Wiki if you want to know more about him.<br />Post about tractors appropriate for me right now as we just bought our first little tractor. Very exciting and fun.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01816796977553847916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-66515897868563493962013-11-06T16:25:05.864+00:002013-11-06T16:25:05.864+00:00That really made me chuckle, I shall think of it w...That really made me chuckle, I shall think of it when next I listen to the Archers!clagglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634420462367105370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404276749629719070.post-57568520419410384062013-11-06T16:22:08.938+00:002013-11-06T16:22:08.938+00:00Oh the Ferguson, - we had one when we first starte...Oh the Ferguson, - we had one when we first started to farm, - the John Deere was the serious tractor, but the Ferguson was wonderful and old and grey and at home among the acres of tomatoes we grew at the time. The childen cut their teeth on it! Love your poem.....Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.com