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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Said the shepherd to his wife
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The crop of hay is cut and dried
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I'll bail it up and bring it in,
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Before the coming storm begins
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Verse 2
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Go, she said, and beat the storm
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And then there is another chore
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Today the baby will be born,
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You'll take me to the hos pital
Verse 3
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Said the shepherd, if it's true,
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'Twere better if I stayed with you
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I'd rather let the harvest go,
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And hasten to the hospital
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Nay, she told him,
Verse 4
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I'll be fine,
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We both have laboring to do
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You do yours and I'll do mine,
And the babe will wait 'til the work is through
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Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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The shepherd rode the yellow rows,
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The clouds above and the field be low
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Until the bails had all been tied,
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Then home returned to find his wife
Verse 6
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The sweat was wet upon her brow,
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Her breath it cameth labouredly
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And then the rain was coming down,
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Upon the field of yellow hay
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Said the shepherd, it's no use,
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The rain will surely win the race
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'Twere better if we let it fall,
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And hurry to the hospital
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and work with haste,
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And bring the bails into the barn
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Else the crop will go to waste,
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And the babe will wait 'til the work is done
Interlude 2
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Verse 9
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The shepherd drove into the storm,
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And to and from the yellow barn
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'Til half the bails were safely in,
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Then went to find his wife again
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How
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many times her name he called,
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And no replying would she make
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Her breath it camethnot at all,
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She would not rise from where she lay
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Verse 11
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The storm was o'er within the hour,
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The shepherd saw the sun come out
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The shepherd's wife saw ne'er again,
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He buried her and the babe within
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He turned the seed into
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the ground,
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He brought the flock to feed thereon
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He held the cleaver and the plow,
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And the shepherd's work was never done
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