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ROGER'S SONG, FR. MIDSUMMER EVE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY

First Line: I GET NO SLEEP IN LAMBING NIGHTS
Last Line: WHILE I DO HANDLE THE SHEEP.
Subject(s): SHEEP;

I get no sleep in lambing nights,
My woman gets no sleep;
We fold the ewes if we sniff a thaw,
And when they yean as we crouch in the straw
She takes the lambs by our horn-fogged lights
While I do handle the sheep.



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