Brightman Sarah
The Trees They Grow So High
When I was at my father's house
When I was at my father's house,
apprentice shepherd,
he put me on the moor,
to look after the flocks.
Herds, flocks,
I had hardly any.
Herds, flocks ,
I didn't have any lambs.
But I didn't have many,
I only had three lambs;
and the wolf of the plain
br/>I ate the most biau.
Herds, herds, ...
He was so voracious
only left the piau,
left only the tail,
to put in my hat.
Herds, flocks, ...
But from the bones of the beast
made me a blowtorch
to play at the party,
at the village festival.
Troops, flocks, ...
To make the village dance,
under the grandormiau,
and the young and the old,
the feet in the clogs.
Herds, herds, ...
When I lived with my father
When I lived with my father
as an apprentice shepherd,
he sent me to the moor
to look after the sheep.
Sheep, sheep,
I had but a few.< br/>Sheep, sheep,
I had none that were bonny.
No, I had but a few,
I had but three lambs;
and the wolf from the plain
ate the finest of those.
Sheep, sheep, ...
He was so ravenous
he left only the pelt,
he left only the tail
to put on my hat.
Sheep, sheep, ...
But the bones of the animal
made me pipe
to play at the fair,
at the village fair.
Sheep, sheep, ...
So the village could dance
beneath the great elm,
young women and old
with clogs on their feet.
Sheep, sheep, ...

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