Shemshine's Bedtime Rhyme (complete)

See a Mother Scything Wheat Forgotten Husband Sleeping near with One Swing She Took His Feet with Another Took His Ear Does the shadow have a name? SHEMSHIME Causes grief, avoids the blame SHEMSHIME See a dog that knows how to heel Never heeds plea nor command Mother gave it a tasty meal Dog chose instead to eat her hand Does the shadow have a name? SHEMSHIME Causes grief, avoids the blame SHEMSHIME See a son doing his chore Washing clothes for folk in town Fell into the river's roar Sank to the bottom and drowned Does the shadow have a name? SHEMSHIME Causes grief, avoids the blame SHEMSHIME See a Daughter Grinding Grain Wish the spirit's time was through Trap set for the shadow bane Her millstone killed it true See a Mother Scything Wheat Forgotten Husband Sleeping near with One Swing She Took His Feet with Another Took His Ear Does the shadow have a name? SHEMSHIME Causes grief, avoids the blame SHEMSHIME See a dog that knows how to heel Never heeds plea nor command Mother gave it a tasty meal Dog chose instead to eat her hand Does the shadow have a name? SHEMSHIME Causes grief, avoids the blame SHEMSHIME See a son doing his chore Washing clothes for folk in town Fell into the river's roar Sank to the bottom and drowned Does the shadow have a name? SHEMSHIME Causes grief, avoids the blame SHEMSHIME See a Daughter Grinding Grain Wish the spirit's time was through Trap set for the shadow bane Her millstone killed it true