Intro: F 


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                   Eb        F      Eb 
Here's me sheep-crook and me black dog 
  F          C/G C F 
I give it to you 
           Eb        F  Eb 
Here's my bag and my budget 
  F       C/G C F 
I bid it adieu 
                   Eb        F      Eb 
Here's my sheep-crook and my black dog 
  F            C/G C F 
I leave them behind 
Eb   F            C 
Fine laurel, fine floral 
       F        Eb  F 
You've proved all unkind 


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                   Eb        F      Eb 
Here's me sheep-crook and me black dog 
  F          C/G C F 
I give it to you 
           Eb        F  Eb 
Here's my bag and my budget 
  F       C/G C F 
I bid it adieu 
                   Eb        F      Eb 
Here's my sheep-crook and my black dog 
  F            C/G C F 
I leave them behind 
Eb   F            C 
Fine laurel, fine floral 
       F      Ab Eb F       Fm 
You've proved all unkind 

Verse 
               Eb          Ab          Eb 
All to my dear Dinah these words did I say 
  Fm              Ab                             C 
Tomorrow we'll be married, love, tomorrow is the day 
     Fm             Ab        Fm         C 
'Tis too soon, dear Willy, my age is too young 
    Bb         C           Fm      Eb  Fm 
One day to our wedding, is one day too soon 

Verse 
             Eb              Ab           Eb 
I'll go into service, if the day ain't to late 
       Fm             Ab               C 
For to wait on a fine lady, it is my intent 
    Fm        Ab        Fm          C 
And when into service a year or two bound 
     Bb             C           Fm   Eb     Fm 
It's then we'll get married and both settle down 

Verse 
              Eb      Ab         Eb 
A little time after a letter was wrote 
       Fm             Ab                    C 
For to see if my dear Dinah had changed her mind 
        Fm               Ab         Fm       C 
But she wrote that she's led such a contrary life 
    Bb              C          Fm    Eb         Fm      F 
She said that she'd never be a young shepherd's wife 


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                   Eb        F      Eb 
Here's me sheep-crook and me black dog 
  F          C/G C F 
I give it to you 
           Eb        F  Eb 
Here's my bag and my budget 
  F       C/G C F 
I bid it adieu 
                   Eb        F      Eb 
Here's my sheep-crook and my black dog 
  F            C/G C F 
I leave them behind 
Eb   F            C 
Fine laurel, fine floral 
       F        Eb  F 
You've proved all unkind