The Jolly Ploughman
| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TOPIC | Rural Life |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A8 B8 + Ch 8 |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 1v given |
| TIME SIGNATURE | 68 |
| KEY SIGNATURE | ♯♯♯♯ |
| TONAL CENTRE | E |
| INCIPIT | GBBD'C'AD'GBD'D'D' |
| GENRE | Ballad |
| TEXT SOURCE | Bunting Notebooks. Special Collections, QUB Library. MS 4.13 (1796-1809) no.16 |
| TUNE SOURCE | as above |
| FIRST LINE | Twas Jack the jolly ploughboy was ploughing in his land |
| NOTATED INCIPIT | |
| The manuscript reads: 'Author and date unknown. Ancient air. From James Duncan the harper in 1792'. | |
