[ilingku:013]
[ver:v1.0]
[ti:The Lincolnshire Shepherd]
[ar:The Watersons]
[al:Green Fields]
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[00:00.571]Yan tan tethera tethera pethera pimp
[00:05.810]Yon owd ewe's far-welted
[00:08.199]And this ewe's got a limp
[00:11.298]Sethera methera hovera
[00:14.078]And covera up to dik
[00:16.817]Aye we can deal with them all
[00:19.587]And where me crook and stick
[00:21.677]I count them up to figgits
[00:24.937]And figgits have a notch
[00:27.227]There's more to being a shepherd
[00:29.956]Than being on watch;
[00:33.005]There's swedes to chop
[00:34.515]And lambing time
[00:35.835]And snow upon the rick
[00:38.594]Sethera methera hovera
[00:41.134]And covera up to dik
[00:43.942]Yan tan tethera tethera pethera pimp
[00:49.152]Yon owd ewe's far-welted
[00:51.642]And this ewe's got a limp
[00:54.912]Sethera methera hovera
[00:57.482]And covera up to dik
[01:00.421]Aye we can deal with them all
[01:02.981]And where me crook and stick
[01:05.170]Aye from Caistor down to Spilsby
[01:08.680]From Sleaford up to Brigg
[01:11.350]There's Lincoln sheep all on the chalk
[01:14.109]All hung with wool and big
[01:17.119]And me here in Langton
[01:19.909]With this same old flock
[01:22.569]Just as me grandad did before
[01:25.329]They meddled with the clock
[01:28.238]Yan tan tethera tethera pethera pimp
[01:33.666]Yon owd ewe's far-welted
[01:35.776]And this ewe's got a limp
[01:39.286]Sethera methera hovera
[01:41.936]And covera up to dik
[01:44.666]Aye we can deal with them all
[01:47.186]And where me crook and stick
[01:49.416]Oh We've bred our tups and gimmers
[01:52.405]For the sheep and length and girth
[01:55.785]And sheep have lambed
[01:57.454]Have gone away all over all the earth
[02:01.103]Why they're bred in foreign flocks
[02:03.593]To give the wool
[02:04.913]Its length and crimp
[02:07.133]Yan tan tethera pethera pimp
[02:12.562]Yan tan tethera tethera pethera pimp
[02:17.942]Yon owd ewe's far-welted
[02:20.092]And this ewe's got a limp
[02:23.631]Sethera methera hovera
[02:26.041]And covera up to dik
[02:28.991]Aye we can deal with them all
[02:31.510]And where me crook and stick
[02:33.840]Oh they're like a lot of bairns
[02:36.540]They are
[02:37.360]Like youngster of me own
[02:39.770]They fondle round about owd Shep before
[02:43.420]They're strong and grown;
[02:45.510]But they gets independent-like
[02:48.310]Before you know they've gone
[02:50.979]But yet again next lambing time
[02:53.669]We'll 'a' more to carry on
[02:56.549]Yan tan tethera tethera pethera pimp
[03:02.039]Yon owd ewe's far-welted
[03:04.589]And this ewe's got a limp
[03:07.619]Sethera methera hovera
[03:10.289]And covera up to dik
[03:12.969]Aye we can deal with them all
[03:15.519]And where me crook and stick
[03:18.008]Well Yan tan tethera
[03:21.318]Tethera pethera pimp
[03:23.968]Fifteen notches up to now
[03:26.698]And one ewe with a limp
[03:29.177]You reckons I should go away
[03:32.307]You know I'll never go
[03:35.017]For lambing time's on top of us
[03:37.807]And it'll surely snow
[03:40.526]Yan tan tethera tethera pethera pimp
[03:46.036]Yon owd ewe's far-welted
[03:48.475]And this ewe's got a limp
[03:51.595]Sethera methera hovera
[03:54.265]And covera up to dik
[03:57.015]Aye we can deal with them all
[03:59.564]And where me crook and stick
[04:01.863]Now lambing time come regular-like
[04:05.263]Just as it's always been
[04:07.862]And shepherds have to winter 'em
[04:10.672]And tent them till they're weaned
[04:13.140]Why me fambly had it
[04:14.778]Before I came
[04:16.208]They'll have it when I sleep
[04:19.027]And then
[04:19.657]Count our lambing times
[04:21.767]As I am countin' sheep
[04:24.535]Yan tan tethera tethera pethera pimp
[04:30.085]Yon owd ewe's far-welted
[04:32.764]And this ewe's got a limp
[04:35.724]Sethera methera hovera
[04:38.224]And covera up to dik
[04:41.104]Aye we can deal with them all
[04:43.713]And where me crook and stick
[04:46.892]The Lincolnshire Shepherd - The Watersons