I once loved a Sheppard

A charming handsome man

One wave of his hickory stack

And I ' d follow him ' round the land

' Til one day I noticed

I weren ' t the only one

There was all kind of other little

Pretty young sheep

Havin ' all kind of pretty young fun

Hallelujah I am the happiest lamb

Hallelujah I am the happiest lamb

I ran to Mother Mary

My face as white as snow

She said “ Kid you remind me of someone

I used to know

Be grateful for your freedom

Remember what I said

No Sheppard man alive can grow the wool

That gets him paid ”

Hallelujah I am the happiest lamb

Hallelujah I am the happiest lamb

I left my flock and headed off right

To the promise land

Hallelujah I am the happiest lamb

It ' s raining I ' m frozen

But I won ' t sell my wool to buy my shack

Cause I know it gets much colder

When you let some Sheppard sheer it off your back

No Sheppard man alive can grow

The wool that gets him paid

Hallelujah I am the happiest lamb

Hallelujah I am the happiest lamb

I left my flock and headed off right

To the promise land

Hallelujah I am the happiest lamb

And if you want to know about me

Just ask around who I am

They ' ll tell you I am

The happiest lamb