Possible Clues:

• 'Little' shepherdess of children's verse
• Sheepless shepherdess
• Little nursery-rhyme character
• Shepherdess said to give handsome fellow a bit of a look
• Rather careless shepherdess
• Crooked nursery rhyme character?
• Girl with a flock
• One working with a crook
• Nursery rhyme loser
• Rural guardian, unable to raise charges, is out of work: page her!