Intro: Here's me sheep-crook and me black dog I give it to you Here's my bag and my budget I bid it adieu Here's my sheep-crook and my black dog I leave them behind Fine laurel, fine floral You've proved all unkind Here's me sheep-crook and me black dog I give it to you Here's my bag and my budget I bid it adieu Here's my sheep-crook and my black dog I leave them behind Fine laurel, fine floral You've proved all unkind Verse All to my dear Dinah these words did I say Tomorrow we'll be married, love, tomorrow is the day 'Tis too soon, dear Willy, my age is too young One day to our wedding, is one day too soon Verse I'll go into service, if the day ain't to late For to wait on a fine lady, it is my intent And when into service a year or two bound It's then we'll get married and both settle down Verse A little time after a letter was wrote For to see if my dear Dinah had changed her mind But she wrote that she's led such a contrary life She said that she'd never be a young shepherd's wife Here's me sheep-crook and me black dog I give it to you Here's my bag and my budget I bid it adieu Here's my sheep-crook and my black dog I leave them behind Fine laurel, fine floral You've proved all unkind