The Shepherd’s Song
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I'm a shepherd and I rise ere the sun is in the skies
I can lamb the ewes with any of them all
And I like my flock to feed and look fair and fresh indeed
But I wish the cold east winds would never blow
I can smear my sheep and dip, I can udder, lock and clip
I can lamb the ewes with any of them all
I can parrock, I can twin, I am cheat them with a skin
But I wish the cold east winds would never blow
Oh, I wish the cold east winds would never blow
I can parrock, I can twin, I am cheat them with a skin
But I wish the cold east winds would never blow
But when the winter time is here for their lives I often fear
To some sheltered nook, my flock I gently call
And in the morning grey when I turn them to the brae
But I wish the cold east winds would never blow
Oh, I wish the cold east winds would never blow
And in the morning grey when I turn them to the brae
But I wish the cold east winds would never blow
For in the lambing time, my lot, it was little sleep I got
Ah, but when the summer's bonny breezes blow
When I'm up on yonder hill, I can lie and sleep my fill
But I wish the cold east winds would never blow
Oh, I wish the cold east winds would never blow
When I'm up on yonder hill, I can lie and sleep my fill
But I wish the cold east winds would never blow
And when I've done my work, though the night be ere so dark
With a swaggering step to my own true love call
Oh, with my darling Jen, she's the best beneath the sun
But I wish the cold east winds would never blow
Oh, I wish the cold east winds would never blow
And with my darling Jen, she's the best beneath the sun
But I wish the cold east winds would never blow
Oh, I wish the cold east winds would never blow