How To Grow Potatoes

This song was made famous by John McCormack. It has also been recorded by Richard Dyer-Bennet and William Clauson. The "Grecian Bend" was a large bustle that was fashionable around 1858-1869. A chignon was a type of hairpiece popular at that time. "Praties", of course, is potatoes. Other songs using this tune are "The Old Alarm Clock" and "The Sick Note".