From Where I Lie / Sheepcounting Lyrics

From where I lie The sheep can safely graze The farm breasts through the haze And all is still From where I lie A magpie skirts the vale Reminder now of this o'er-deepening dale And all is still From where I lie Where paper pours through doors Where bureaucratic laws deny what's yours And all is still From where I lie Where rushing water scores Where bankers close their doors And all is still From where I lie This shotgun is my friend A single not uncommon end And all is still From where I lie I take a cartridge new And on it scratch some words for you And all is still Sleep my pretty one sleep Lay down in your lambskin Now lay you down deep And I'll fold you in woolsey Down-soft don't you weep my lamb Sleep my pretty one, sleep One ewe tomorrow true Two ewes aplenty Three oh how happy we Four nearly gentry Five how we favoured be Six trust to glory And seven the world is right Eight tells the story Nine we may prosper true Ten we can start anew Sleep my pretty one sleep Lay down in your lambskin Now lay you down deep And I'll fold you in woolsey Down-soft don't you weep my lamb Sleep my pretty one, Sleep my pretty one Sleep and all, and all is still