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Thread #63631   Message #1036535
Posted By: Jim Dixon
15-Oct-03 - 11:12 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Tomorrow the Fox Will Come to Town
Subject: Lyr Add: TOMORROW THE FOX WILL COME TO TOWN
Here's my transcription from the site Malcolm Douglas linked to above—with the spelling modernized.

TOMORROW THE FOX WILL COME TO TOWN
(Ravenscroft, "Deuteromelia," 1609)

1. Tomorrow the fox will come to town,
Keep, keep, keep, keep, keep.
Tomorrow the fox will come to town,
Oh, keep you all well there.

CHORUS: I must desire you neighbors all,
To hallow the fox out of the hall,
And cry as loud as you can call,
"Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop!"
And cry as loud as you can call,
Oh, keep you all well there.

2. He'll steal the cock out from his flock....

3. He'll steal the hen out of the pen....

4. He'll steal the duck out of the brook....

5. He'll steal the lamb even from his dam....

["The dance for the English Country Dance Trenchmore (Second Edition Playford) is very close to this tune."]