Text by William Blake
1. INNOCENCE: INTRODUCTION
Piping down the valleys wild
Piping songs of pleasant glee
On a cloud I saw a child
And he laughing said to me
"Pipe a song about a Lamb"
So I piped with merry cheer
"Piper pipe that song again"
So I piped, he wept to hear
"Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe,
Sing thy songs of happy cheer"
So I sung the same again
While he wept with joy to hear
"Piper sit thee down and write
In a book that all may read"
So he vanished from my sight
And I plucked a hollow reed
And I made a rural pen
And I stained the water clear
And I wrote my happy songs
Every child may joy to hear
2. INNOCENCE: THE SHEPHERD
How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot
From the morn to the evening he strays
He shall follow his sheep all the day
And his tongue shall be filled with praise
For he hears the lambs' innocent call
And he hears the ewes' tender reply
He is watchful while they are in peace
For they know when their Shepherd is nigh
