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T:A Farmer's Son so Sweet
B:Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, Vol 1, p 386, No 97, ed Maud Karpeles , Oxford University Press, 1974
S:Mrs Pike (74) (per Mrs Snow) at Somerton, Somerset, 5 January 1906.
Z:Cecil Sharp
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:A far-mer's son so sweet Was keep-ing of his sheep
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w:So care-less fell a-sleep While his lambs were play-ing.
W:A farmer's son so sweet
W:Was keeping of his sheep
W:So careless fell asleep
W:While his lambs were playing.
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W:A fair young lady gay
W:By chance she came that way,
W:Found him sleeping lay
W:Whom she loved so dear.
W:
W:She kissed his lips so sweet
W:As he lay fast asleep.
W:I'm afraid my heart will break
W:For you, my dear.
W:
W:She said: Awake I pray,
W:Your flock will go astray,
W:Your flock will go astray
W:From you my dear.
W:
W:He woke with great surprise
W:To behold her handsome eyes,
W:Like an angel from the skies
W:She did appear.
W:
W:'Twas for your sweet sake alone
W:I wondered from my home.
W:My friends are dead and gone.
W:I am left alone.
W: