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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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#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.
 
 
 
== 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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Latest revision as of 13:05, 26 October 2009

We Shepherds are the Best of Men

Roud 284


as sung by Fred Jordan

As sung by Fred Jordan, Aston Munslow, Shropshire:

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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