Here's my sheep-crook and my 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 my sheep-crook and my black dog I give it to you Here's my bag and 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 All to my dear Dinah these words I did 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 I'll go into service if the day ain't too late 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 A little time after a letter was wrote For to see if my dear Dinah had changed her mind But she wrote that she'd lived such a contrary life She said that she'd never be a young shepherd's wife Here's my sheep-crook and my 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