X:1 T:A Farmer's Son so Sweet B:Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, Vol 1, p 386, No 97, ed Maud Karpeles , Oxford University Press, 1974 S:Mrs Pike (74) (per Mrs Snow) at Somerton, Somerset, 5 January 1906. Z:Cecil Sharp F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs M:4/4 %Meter L:1/8 % K:C D2 |G2 B2 A2 A2 |D6 D2 | B2 A2 B2 c2 | d6 w:A far-mer's son so sweet Was keep-ing of his sheep d2 |e2 d2 c2 B2 |c4 B3 G |A2 A2 GG |] w:So care-less fell a-sleep While his lambs were play-ing.