I agree Steve but none of the hunting or coursing songs glorify the kill, they describe the thrill of the chase, the wile of the fox and the agility of the hare, which is often the hero or heroine of the tale.
I've been involved with racing dogs all my life, but have never attended a coursing meeting, these dogs are born to hunt, the instinct is in them and they are built for one purpose only and that is to chase.
The songs do glorify the activity … of the chase, not the kill and as often as not the hare or the fox outwits or outruns the dogs. Some of these songs are far from boring, and are classics of the genre.
In answer to Jim, would he be in favour of banning "The Internationale" or other extreme left wing songs.....(I could name a couple of hundred) on the grounds that they promote a system which inevitably results in millions of deaths and a population of automatons.