"Me and the Farmer" is a single by British

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band

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from the album ''

The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death ''The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death'' is the second and final studio album by The Housemartins. It was released in 1987, and produced three singles - "Five Get Over Excited" (#11 UK), "Me and the Farmer" (#15) and " Build" (#15 UK). The ...

''. It reached #15 in the UK singles chart the week of 12 September 1987. The song had been written some 18 months previously, on 22 January 1986 (the same day as '' Happy Hour''). The B-Side "Step Outside" later appeared in the 1988 compilation ''

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''. The song is about how

gentleman farmer In the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, a gentleman farmer is a landowner who has a farm (gentleman's farm) as part of his estate and who farms mainly for pleasure rather than for profit or sustenance. The Collins English Diction ...

s treat their workers badly.

7 inch single track listing

*"Me and the Farmer" *"I Bit My Lip"

12 inch/cassette single track listing

*"Me and the Farmer" *"He Will Find You Out" *"Step Outside" *"I Bit My Lip"

Charts

References

1987 singles The Housemartins songs 1987 songs Go! Discs singles Songs written by Paul Heaton Songs written by Stan Cullimore {{1980s-rock-song-stub