The Lincolnshire Shepherd

[Refrão]F Bb F C Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp. F Bb C F Yon owd ewe's far-welted, this ewe's got a limp F Bb F C Sethera, methera, hovera, and covera up to dik, F Bb C F Whose ta deal wi' 'em all, and wheer's me crook and stick? verse 1 F Bb F C Why I count 'em up to figgits, and figgit there's a notch, F Bb C F Why there's more to being a shepherd than to being on watch; F Bb F C For there's swedes to chop and there's lambing time and snow upon the rick, F Bb C F Yan, tan, tethera, and covera up to dik. [Refrão]F Bb F C Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp. F Bb C F Yon owd ewe's far-welted, this ewe's got a limp F Bb F C Sethera, methera, hovera, and covera up to dik, F Bb C F Whose ta deal wi' 'em all, and wheer's me crook and stick? verse 2 F Bb F C Why from Caistor down to Spilsby from Sleaford up to Brigg, F Bb C F There's Lincoln sheep all on the chalk, all hung wi' wool and big. F Bb F C And I'm here in Langton wi' this same old flock, F Bb C F Just like me grandad did afore they meddled with the clock. [Refrão]F Bb F C Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp. F Bb C F Yon owd ewe's far-welted, this ewe's got a limp F Bb F C Sethera, methera, hovera, and covera up to dik, F Bb C F Whose ta deal wi' 'em all, and wheer's me crook and stick? verse 3 F Bb F C For we've bred our tups and gimmers for the shape and length and girth, F Bb C F And sheep have bred, have gone away all o'er all the earth. F Bb F C Why they've bred in foreign flocks to give the wool its length and crimp, F Bb C F Yan, tan, tethera, pethera, pimp. [Refrão]F Bb F C Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp. F Bb C F Yon owd ewe's far-welted, this ewe's got a limp F Bb F C Sethera, methera, hovera, and covera up to dik, F Bb C F Whose ta deal wi' 'em all, and wheer's me crook and stick? verse 4 F Bb F C For they're like a lot of bairns, they are, like youngsters of me own, F Bb C F when They fondle around about owd Shep until they're strong and grown; F Bb F C But they gets independent-like, an a'fore i knows, they've gone, F Bb C F And yet come round next lambing time some more'll carry on. [Refrão]F Bb F C Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp. F Bb C F Yon owd ewe's far-welted, this ewe's got a limp F Bb F C Sethera, methera, hovera, and covera up to dik, F Bb C F Whose ta deal wi' 'em all, and wheer's me crook and stick? Verse 5 F Bb F C Why Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp, F Bb C F Fifteen notches up to now and one ewe with a limp. F Bb F C Why you reckons I should go away, but you know I'll never go, F Bb C F For lambing time's on top of us and it'll surely snow. [Refrão]F Bb F C Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp. F Bb C F Yon owd ewe's far-welted, this ewe's got a limp F Bb F C Sethera, methera, hovera, and covera up to dik, F Bb C F Whose ta deal wi' 'em all, and wheer's me crook and stick? Verse 6 F Bb F C For it's lambing time comes reg'lar-like, just as it's always been, F Bb C F And shepherds have to tend to them until they're strong an weaned F Bb F C Why my family did it a'fore I came, they'll have it when I sleep, F Bb C F And they shall count their lambing times like I am countin' sheep. [Refrão]F Bb F C Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp. F Bb C F Yon owd ewe's far-welted, this ewe's got a limp F Bb F C Sethera, methera, hovera, and covera up to dik, F Bb C F Whose ta deal wi' 'em all, and wheer's me crook and stick?