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The Stranger’s Song
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(As sung by MR. CHARLES CHARRINGTON in the play of “The Three Wayfarers”)

O my trade it is the rarest one,
Simple shepherds all –
My trade is a sight to see;
For my customers I tie, and take ’em up on high,
And waft ’em to a far countree!

My tools are but common ones,
Simple shepherds all –
My tools are no sight to see:
A little hempen string, and a post whereon to swing,
Are implements enough for me!

To-morrow is my working day,
Simple shepherds all –
To-morrow is a working day for me:
For the farmer’s sheep is slain, and the lad who did it ta’en,
And on his soul may God ha’ mer-cy!

Printed in “The Three Strangers,” 1883.