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was a shepherd’s son,

kept sheep upon yon hill,

And he laid down his budget,

all for to drink his fill.Fal de ral.

He looked high, he looked low,

he gave a downward look,

And there he spy’d a fair maiden,

a swimming in a brook Fal de ral.

Tis better for a Lady gay,

to sew a silken seam,

Than to go abroad in a May morning,

to swim against the stream.Fal de ral.

Tis better for a shepherd's son,

to keep sheep on yon hill

Than to go abroad in a May morning,

to see a fair maid swim. Fal de ral.

O pray don’t touch my gay mantel,

but let my clothes alone.

And I’ll give you as much gay gold,

as you can carry home.Fal de ral.

Then I’ll not touch your gay mantel.

I’ll let your clothes alone ;

I'll take thee out of the fair water,

for to make you as my own.Fal de ral.

He set her on a milk white stead,

himself upon another,