He Loves Ewes, Baa, Baa, Baa

Just having fun singing about herding sheep. The stanza about the shepherd staying with the flock of sheep and sending the dog by himself to go find a missing one is NOT how it would be done, not unless you have a truly remarkable dog, like my Chris, and you know which direction the sheep went off towards. A single sheep is extremely difficult to herd, so you and your dog would always take a larger number and herd them over to the single so the single joins the group. It is however true that you can teach a herding dog to use his nose to track a stray sheep. My Pixel is a natural at tracking sheep, but I wouldn't send her by herself; I'd go with her.

You think you've lost your sheep
In a thousand acre pasture.
An outrun wide and deep
Will salvage that disaster

If your dog loves ewes,
(And you know that can't be baa'd !)
He loves to gather
(And you know you should be glad ! )

He loves ewes, baa, baa, baa;
He loves ewes, baa, baa, baa.
With a dog like that
You really should be glad !

And if one ewe should stray
Away from ninety - nine,
It's with your flock you'll stay
While you send your dog to "Find !"

If your dog loves ewes,
(And you know that can't be baa'd !)v He loves to gather
(And you know you should be glad ! )

He loves ewes, baa, baa, baa;
He loves ewes, baa, baa, baa.
With a dog like that
You really should be glad !

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HE LOVES EWES , BAA, BAA, BAA

(to tune of "She Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" , the Beatles)

by Pam Green , © 1991