A pretty young shepherd kept sheep on the mountain
With his fife and his reed-o, he blew them so clear
With his fife and his reed-o, he blew them so clearly
And his sweet equal voice made young Sally appear
Says Jimmy to Sally, "Let us go a-walking
Down in those game meadows to take some fresh air
Where the lambs they are playing and with my love straying
The songbirds sing sweet through the valleys so clear"
"Fare thee well, my young shepherd, now since I must leave you
For the night is approaching and I must be gone
My father will chide me, so cruel prove to me
If by chance I should stay with my shepherd too long"
Then Jimmy and Sally were joined up together
They lived in a cottage, contented to be
They never once vexed, no, never once grieved
But it was their whole study each other to please
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