%%scale 1 X:1 %Music T:The Shepherd's Song B:Broadwood, Lucy, 1893, English County Songs, Leadenhall Press, London S:Thomas Coldicote, Ebrington, Gloucestershore Z:Lucy Broadwood F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs M:6/8 %Meter L:1/8 % K:Bb F |B2 B (GA) B |c2 d B2 F |F2 F (FG) A | B4 z w:We shep-herds are_ the best of men, That e'er trod Eng-*lish ground; d |d2 d B2 d |e c3 z e |c2 B B2 d | c4 z w: When we come to an ale-house We val-ue not a crown. f |d2 B B2 d |(e c4) e |d2 B (Gc) B | (A3F2E)| w:We spend our mon-ey free-ly We pay be-fore_ we go;__ D2 F B3 |(GA) B c3 |(Bc) d e2 d | (cB) c B2 w:There's no ale on_ the wolds Where_ the stor-my winds_ do blow. f |d2 B B2 d |e c4 e |d2 B (Gc) B | (A F4) z| w:We spend our mon-ey free-ly, We pay be-fore_ we go;_ D2 F B3 |(GA) B c3 |(Bc) d F2 F | (FA) c HB2 z |] w:There's no ale on_ the wolds Where_ the stor-my winds_ do blow.