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THE SHEPHERD’S SON.
THERE was a shepherd’s son keeping sheep on
yonder hill.
He laid his pipe and crook aside, and there he slept
his fill.
And sing clear away the morning dew, blow the
winds to you,
Clear away the morning dew, with a fal al a.
He looked east, he looked west, he’s ta’en another
look,
And there he spied a fair maid a-swimming in a brook.
And sing clear away the morning dew, &c.
O do not touch my mantle, but let my cloaths alone,
And you shall have a good reward if you conduct me home.
And sing clear away the morning dew, &c.
He has lifted her upon a milk-white steed, himself
upon another,
And all the way they rode along, like sister and like
brother.
And sing clear away the morning dew, &c.
And as they rode along the way, they spied some
cocks of hay,
And is not this a pleasant place for men and maids to stray.
And sing clear away the morning dew, &c.
O do not touch my mantle, but let my cloaths alone,
And you shall get a good reward if you conduct me
home.
And sing clear away the morning dew, &c.
When she came to her father’s gates she tirled with
the pin,
nimble was the proud porter to let this fair maid in,
And sing clear sway the moving dew, &c.
Stand you there my noble boy, I thank you for your care,
If you would done as I would done, I would not
left you there.
And sing dear away the morning dew, &c.
You’ll put off your hose and shoes, and iet your feet
go bare;
But if you meet a pretty girl, O touch her if you
dare.
And sing clear away the morning dew, &c.
I will not cast off my hose nor shoes, nor let my
feet go bare;
But if I meet a pretty girl, I’ll trim her to a hair.
And sing clear away the morning dew, &c.
There is a flower in our garden, they call it marigold,
And he that would not when he could, he should
not when he would.
And sing clear away the morning dew, &c.
FINIS.