Lyrics to
Return Of The Farmer’s Son

This version of Return Of The Farmer’S Son was released by Thin Lizzy in 1971.

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Well my father is a farmer
A damn good one at his trade
And he’s always loved my mama
Though we laid her in the grave

I’ve been down, I’ve been down
A hustler and a cheat
I’ll always love my father
His kind heart can’t be beat

Oh…

I’d spit in your face if you laughed at me
Don’t you know, don’t you know
I might be a dipper, but I ain’t a thief
Don’t you know, don’t you know

Oh yeah…
Come on…

Well my father is a farmer
Used to smack me on the ass
Used to dress me up in my Sunday best
Get down, get down to Sunday mass

And I’ve been down, so down
Don’t you know, don’t you know
I’ll always love my father
I love him so

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You can understand the lyrics to Return Of The Farmer’S Son if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Return Of The Farmer’S Son" means the words set to the music of Return Of The Farmer’S Son, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Return Of The Farmer’S Son and the lyrics to Return Of The Farmer’S Son are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to Return Of The Farmer’S Son, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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