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"Love on a Farmboy's Wages" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the third single from their 1983 album Mummer. It peaked at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart. Partridge wrote the song during the aftermath of the cancelled English Settlement tour. It features a key modulation from E to F# before its bridge. Drummer Terry Chambers left the band during rehearsals for the song. The single's cover art is a photograph of Partridge's actual wallet with the title embossed.[2]

"Love on a Farmboy's Wages"
Single by XTC
from the album Mummer
Released	19 September 1983 (1983-09-19)
Recorded	1982
Genre	Folk pop[1]
Length	3:58
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Andy Partridge
Producer(s)	Steve Nye, XTC
XTC singles chronology
"Wonderland" (1983) "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" (1983) "Thanks for Christmas" (1983)

Music

Ned Raggett called the song "a folk pop delight" which called to mind the period in which "Bert Jansch and Nick Drake had as much influence as Lennon and McCartney".[1]

Personnel

XTC

• Dave Gregory
• Colin Moulding
• Andy Partridge

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[3]	50

Cover versions

• 2007 – Fairport Convention, Sense of Occasion

References

External links

• "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" on Chalkhills

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