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The Sheep-Shearing Song

By Ashley Hutchings

Now Winter is Past and the Summer is here

So it's down to the meadows the sheep for to shear

To wash the fine flock in the pools of the Thames

To clip them and tar them and wash them again

When the wickets are set in the bed of the stream

We drive in the sheep, their fleeces to clean

With clippers and tar then the shearers come round

To cut off the fleeces and seal up the wounds

When sheep shearing's done then it's homeward we'll come

The men go to Bampton to toast the black ram

And the wool's bound for Witney, fine blankets to make

So women, give thanks for you family's sake

Recorded by June Tabor singing with the

Albion Band

The Albion River Hymn

A Celebration of the River Thames

The Sheep Shearing Song was written by

Ashley Hutchings

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	The Sheep-Shearing Song By Ashley Hutchings Now Winter is Past and the Summer is here So it's down to the meadows the sheep for to shear To wash the fine flock in the pools of the Thames To clip them and tar them and wash them again When the wickets are set in the bed of the stream We drive in the sheep, their fleeces to clean With clippers and tar then the shearers come round To cut off the fleeces and seal up the wounds When sheep shearing's done then it's homeward we'll come The men go to Bampton to toast the black ram And the wool's bound for Witney, fine blankets to make So women, give thanks for you family's sake Recorded by June Tabor singing with the Albion Band The Albion River Hymn A Celebration of the River Thames The Sheep Shearing Song was written by Ashley Hutchings Next Song Shepherds Songbook This is a virtual songbook please do not write me trying to buy a hard copy? Hill Shepherd Blog copyright 2007 , Jim & Beth Boyle, All Rights Reserved No part of this website may be used for any purpose ( including using images ) without written consent from The Rams Horn