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Thread #135211 Message #3082740
Posted By: Fred McCormick
26-Jan-11 - 11:51 AM
Thread Name: Songs for teaching integrity
Subject: RE: Songs for teaching integrity
What about We Shepherds are the Best of Men, or Shepherd's Song as it's misleadingly titled in Digitrad. I say misleading because Willie Scott had a very similar song under that latter title.
The text is below and if you Look up Shepherd's Song in Digitrad, you might possibly be able to get the thing to play the tune. I couldn't.
SHEPHERD'S SONG
We shepherds are the best of men that e'er trod English ground When we come to an alehouse we value not a crown We spend our money freely; we pays before we go There's no ale on the wold when the stormy winds do blow.
We spend our money freely; we pays before we go There's no ale on the wold when the stormy winds do blow
A man that is a shepherd does need a valiant heart He must not be faint-hearted but boldly do his part He must not be faint-hearted be it rain or frost or snow With no ale on the wolds where the stormy winds do blow
When I kept sheep on Blockley hill it made my heart to beat To see the ewes hang out their tongues and hear the lambs to bleat Then I plucked up my courage and o'er the hills did go And pend them in, in the fold while the stormy winds did blow
As soon as I had folded them I turned me back in haste Unto a jovial company, good liquor for to taste For drink and jovial company, they are my heart's delight Whilst my sheep lie asleep all the fore-part of the night.