90-year-old Herbert Vickery singing his rendition of the Tractor Song at Carhampton Wassail

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00:00And the feeling's coming on, and I sometimes wish they'd catch me for to see

00:06If this kissing's such a good sport, if they gives the ort for naught

00:11If tis half so good as tis made out to be

00:15When I roars down the road on me tractor, and I don't give a damn for man or beast

00:23When the locals hears me coming, well they all begins to running

00:27When I roars down the road on me tractor

00:32Now the day me master went with his missus in the town

00:36And their daughter had to help me carry the hay

00:40And she's now on seventeen, and her eyes is sparkling green

00:45And she's got a lovely figure I can say

00:49Well we worked hard all the morning, and all afternoon as well

00:54And we carried in the last full load of hay

00:58Then she walked in from the wagon, and I went to help her up

01:03But she pulled me down beside her in the hay

01:08Now I don't give a damn for me tractor

01:13And I don't care a bit what folks will say

01:16Tell the locals I've been coming, so they needn't keep on running

01:20Cause I'll never roar no more on me tractor