There's a star in the east on Christmas morn,
Rise up, shepherd and foller,
It'll lead to the place where the saviour's born
Rise up shepherd and foller.
Leave your sheep and leave your lambs,
Rise up shepherd and foller.
Leave your ewes and leave your rams,
Rise up shepherd and foller.
Foller, foller,
Rise up shepherd and foller,
Foller the star of Bethelehem
Rise up shepherd and foller.

If you take good heed to the angel's words,
Rise up shepherd and foller,
You'll forget your flocks and forget your herds,
Rise up shepherd and foller,
Leave your sheep and leave your lambs,
Rise up shepherd and foller.
Leave your ewes and leave your rams,
Rise up shepherd and foller.
Foller, foller,
Rise up shepherd and foller,
Foller the star of Bethelehem
Rise up shepherd and foller.



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Source: Singing Together, Autumn 1972, BBC Publications

Notes:
No references were provided in the pamphlet. However, MMario found the following:

African-American Spiritual,
Religious Folk Songs of the Negro, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
harmonization by Franklin Robinson, Christmas & New Year Songs, 1922


Roud: 15289 (Search Roud index at VWML)
Laws:
Child:

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Related Songs:  Rise up, Shepherd, an' Foller (thematic)