Sarah Brightman - Quand j'étais chez mon père (english translation) lyrics

SARAH BRIGHTMAN Miscellaneous Quand j'étais chez mon père (english translation) Album: The trees they grow so high 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 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, ...