Me and the Farmer

{{Infobox song

| name = Me and the Farmer

| cover = Me And The Farmer-1987.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Housemartins

| album = The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death

| released = 24 August 1987{{cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Robin |date=22 August 1987 |title=News Digest |magazine=Record Mirror |page=17 |issn=0144-5804}}

| recorded = 1987

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| genre = Rock

| length =

| label = Go! Discs

| writer = Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore.

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| prev_title = Five Get Over Excited

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Build

| next_year = 1987

}}

"Me and the Farmer" is a single by British Indie rock band The Housemartins from the album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death. It reached #15 in the UK singles chart the week of 12 September 1987."[https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Biko%20%7B1987%7D Me and the Farmer]", Chart Stats, retrieved 2010-02-11 The song had been written some 18 months previously, on 22 January 1986 (the same day as Happy Hour).{{cite episode |title=Paul Heaton interview |series=The One Show |network=BBC One |airdate=March 12, 2013}}

The B-Side "Step Outside" later appeared on the 1988 compilation LP Now That's What I Call Quite Good.

The song is about how gentleman farmers treat their workers badly.