Poor Shepherds

DESCRIPTION: "Good people all draw near, you quickly shall hear Of a copy of verses composed." Due to floods, the shepherds have no place to go. There are many tasks they must try. THeir eighteen pence a day is not enough to maintain a family
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (collected from Matthew Hunt by H. E. D. Hammond)
KEYWORDS: shepherd flood hardtimes work
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-ThePainfulPlow, #14, "Poor Shepherds" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3323
File: PaPa014

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