We Shepherds are the Best of Men - Revision history

Andyturner: added folkinfo link

2009-10-26T13:05:17Z

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			== as sung by Fred Jordan ==
	As sung by [[Fred Jordan]], Aston Munslow, [[Shropshire]]:		As sung by [[Fred Jordan]], Aston Munslow, [[Shropshire]]:

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	Available on [[A Shropshire Lad]] - [[Veteran]] VTD148CD.		Available on [[A Shropshire Lad]] - [[Veteran]] VTD148CD.



			== as printed by Lucy Broadwood ==
			The song was printed in [[Lucy Broadwood]] and [[J A Fuller Maitland]], ''[[English County Songs]]'', Leadenhall Press, London, 1893

			Lucy Broadwood's notes say:
			:"The first verse was taken from the recitation of a lady born at Stoke, Gloucestershire in 1793; the remaining verses were recovered from Thomas Coldicote, shepherd. of Ebrington, Gloucestershire. Blockley, referred to in verse 3, is in the parish adjoining Ebrington. Possibly it was usual for the singer to fill in a local name in the place."

			Words and music at http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/displaysong.php?songid=251

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Andyturner at 12:39, 26 October 2009

2009-10-26T12:39:49Z

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	#When I had safely penned my sheep<br/>I turned my back in haste<br/>And yo a jovial company,<br/>Good liquor for to take<br/> <br/>For drink and jovial company<br/>Oh they are my hearts delight<br/>Whilst my sheep safely sleep<br/>All the fore-part of the night.<br/>		#When I had safely penned my sheep<br/>I turned my back in haste<br/>And yo a jovial company,<br/>Good liquor for to take<br/> <br/>For drink and jovial company<br/>Oh they are my hearts delight<br/>Whilst my sheep safely sleep<br/>All the fore-part of the night.<br/>

	Available on [[A Shropshire Lad]] - [[(Veteran]] VTD148CD.		Available on [[A Shropshire Lad]] - [[Veteran]] VTD148CD.


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JohnnyAdams at 19:23, 10 June 2008

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Andyturner at 13:01, 7 June 2007

2007-06-07T13:01:48Z

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	# When I kept sheep on Blockley Hill<br/>It made my heart to weep<br/>To see the ewes hang out their tongues<br/>And hear the lambs to bleat<br/> <br/>So I plucked up my courage<br/>And o’er the hills did go<br/>To pen my sheep in the fold<br/>While the stormy winds did blow.<br/> <br/>		# When I kept sheep on Blockley Hill<br/>It made my heart to weep<br/>To see the ewes hang out their tongues<br/>And hear the lambs to bleat<br/> <br/>So I plucked up my courage<br/>And o’er the hills did go<br/>To pen my sheep in the fold<br/>While the stormy winds did blow.<br/> <br/>
	#When I had safely penned my sheep<br/>I turned my back in haste<br/>And yo a jovial company,<br/>Good liquor for to take<br/> <br/>For drink and jovial company<br/>Oh they are my hearts delight<br/>Whilst my sheep safely sleep<br/>All the fore-part of the night.<br/>		#When I had safely penned my sheep<br/>I turned my back in haste<br/>And yo a jovial company,<br/>Good liquor for to take<br/> <br/>For drink and jovial company<br/>Oh they are my hearts delight<br/>Whilst my sheep safely sleep<br/>All the fore-part of the night.<br/>

			Available on [[A Shropshire Lad]] - [[(Veteran]] VTD148CD.

Andyturner: words from Veteran site

2007-06-07T12:56:57Z

words from Veteran site

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'''We Shepherds are the Best of Men'''

[[Roud 284]]

As sung by [[Fred Jordan]], Aston Munslow, [[Shropshire]]:

#We shepherds are the best of men That e’er trod English ground And when we reach an alehouse We value not a pound We drinks our liquor freely And pays before we go For there’s no ale on the wold Where the stormy winds do blow 
#A man that is a shepherd Must have a valiant heart He must not be faint-hearted But boldly play his part He must not be faint-hearted Be it hail or rain or snow With no ale on the wold Where the stormy winds do blow. 
# When I kept sheep on Blockley Hill It made my heart to weep To see the ewes hang out their tongues And hear the lambs to bleat So I plucked up my courage And o’er the hills did go To pen my sheep in the fold While the stormy winds did blow. 
#When I had safely penned my sheep I turned my back in haste And yo a jovial company, Good liquor for to take For drink and jovial company Oh they are my hearts delight Whilst my sheep safely sleep All the fore-part of the night.