Sheep Stealer from Acapella Songbook by 4th River Music Collective

I am a poor lad
whose fortune is bad
and I am misfortunate poor
but I do intend
my fortune to mend
to build a house down on the moor, me brave boys
to build a house down on the moor

My brothers do keep
Fine oxen and sheep
on a little house down on the dale
in the middle of the night
when the moon doth shine bright
there’s a great deal of work to be done, me brave boys
there’s a great deal of work to be done

I roam all around
on another man’s land
and I’ll steal a fat sheep for me own
with the aid of my knife
I’ll take of his life
it’s then that I’ll carry it home, me brave boys
it’s then that I’ll carry it home

My children shall use
the skin of the yew
and I will be weathering on
and when the constable does come
I’ll stand with me gun
and I’ll swear all I have is me own, me brave boys
I’ll swear all I have is me own

• Folk
• Pittsburgh
• Street Folk
• acoustic
• collective
• punk
• Pittsburgh