The shepherd's son

There was a shepherd's son

Kept sheep upon a hill;

He laid his pipe and crook aside,

And there he slept his fill.

Sing fal de ral, &c.

He looked east, he looked west,

Then gave an under look,

And there he spied a lady fair

Swimming in a brook.

Sing fal de ral, &c.

He raised his head frae his green bed,

And then approached the maid:

"Put on your claes, my dear," he says,

"And be ye not afraid.

Sing fal de ral, &c.

"'Tis fitter for a lady fair

"To sew a silken seam,

"Than get up in a May morning

"And strive against the stream.

" Sing fal de ral, &c.