I Will Go With My Father
By Joseph Campbell 1879-1944

(A) I will go with my (E) father (D) a ploughing (A)
To the (D) green fields (E) by the (A) sea
And the rooks and (E) the crows and (D) the (A) seagulls
Will come (D) flocking (E) after (A) me
And I will (D) sing to (E) the patient (F#m) horses
With the (D) lark in the (E) while of the (F#m) air
And my (A) father will (E) sing the (D) plough (A) song
That (D) blesses the (E) cleaving (A) share

I will go with my father, a sowing
To the red fields by the sea
And the rooks and the gulls and the starlings
Will come flocking after me
And I will sing to the striving sowers
With the finch on the flowering sloe
And my father will sing the seed song
That only the wise men know

I will go with my father, a reaping
To the brown fields by the sea
And the geese and the gulls and the children
Will come flocking after me
And I will sing to the weary reapers
With the wren in the heat of the sun
And my father will sing, the sight song
That joys for the harvest done.

Musical Notations in Red