Martin Carthy And Dave Swarbrick - The Sheepstealer lyrics

There was a sheep stole from the marsh and Marcus was the sinner; He stole the sheep on a Saturday night for Sunday for his dinner. So good a cook he had—she was so good and clever For a very good pie he should have had if she's only got the liver. And sing toora loora lido Toora loora lay Toora loora lido A famous scratch we had with the stuff we stole just now We k**ed the sheep and skinned it all on an open bough One said he'd have the breast, another one said he'd have the chine; Says Wrestling Ned to Stumpy Jack, "You'll tear off all his spine." And sing toora loora lido Toora loora lay Toora loora lido Said Stumpy Jack, "I'll have none of that from any old fool like you If you boiled his head for a year and a day he'd have more brains than you." They fought the whole of the afternoon, they stopped to get some scran While the kids had eat up all of the meat and the bones was in the pan. And sing toora loora lido Toora loora lay Toora loora lido