Shepherd's Purse.

There was a silly shepherd lived out at Taunton Dene

(Hey-nonny-nonny-no for Taunton in the summer!)

And oh, but he was bitter cold! and oh, but he was mean!

The maidens vowed a bitterer had never yet been seen

At Taunton in the summer.

He lived to gather in the gold—he loved to hear it chink

(Hey-nonny-nonny-no for Taunton in the summer!),

And he could only dream of gold—of gold could only think;

And all the fairies watched him, and they watched him with a wink