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Subject: Lyrics request: The Gallant Poacher From: GUEST,Stacey Date: 25 Feb 00 - 02:09 PM Looking for the lyrics to "The Gallant Poacher" as recorded by the Albion County Band. I've got it worked out on guitar - just need the words. |
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Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: THE GALLANT POACHER From: Grey Wolf Date: 25 Feb 00 - 06:07 PM C F Now come all you lads of high renown G F C That like to drink strong ale that's brown F C And pull a lofty pheasant down G F C With powder, shot and gun F C F C He's a gallant youth, I'm a-telling truth F O, he's crossed all life temptations ways G F C No mortal man his life could save F C Now he's sleeping in his grave G F C His deeds on earth be done Now me and five more a-poaching went Now the bravest youth amongst our lot Now this youth he fell down on the ground Now the murderous man that did him kill Wolf |
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Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: THE GALLANT POACHER From: MMario Date: 11 Jul 01 - 03:31 PM THE GALLANT POACHER (traditional) (Folksongs of Britain and Ireland- Kennedy #248) I and five more a-poach-ing went to kill some game was our in-tent As through the woods we gai-ly went No oth-er sport we'd try Chorus: And the moon shone bright Not a cloud in sight The keep-er heard us fire a gun And to the spot did quick-ly run He swore before the ris-ing sun That one of us should die Chorus: Come all young lads of high re-nown That love good ale and ale that's brown We'll bring those loft-y pheas-ants down with pow-der shot and gun Chorus: The brav-est shot a-mongst our lot 'twas his mis-for-tune to be shot But his feat wil ne'er be for-got By all _ those he loved Chorus: Deep was the wound the keep-er gave No mor-tal man his life could save He now lies sleep-ing in his grave Un-til the judge-ment day Chorus: The youth he sank up-on the ground and in his breast a mor-tal wound Whilst through the woods the guns did sound That took his life a-way Chorus: His case it makes the heart la-ment Our com-rades all to gaol were sent Our en-em-ies seemed full-y bent That there we should re-main Chorus: The murd'-rous hand that did him kill And on the ground his blood did spill Must wan-der e'er a-gainst his will and find no rest-ing place Chorus:
MIDI file: galpoach.mid Timebase: 192 Name: THE GALLANT POACHER This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the latest version of MIDItext and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: RE: Lyrics request: The Gallant Poacher From: GUEST,Ed Date: 11 Jul 01 - 03:56 PM Good work MMario And for those of you who haven't noticed the connection:
"For he's a jolly good fellow Ed |
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Subject: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: Fiddlem Date: 20 Dec 05 - 08:05 AM I recently heard this on Mike Hardings Folk show performed by John Doyle I think it was (probably have that totally wrong!!) Just wondering if anyone had any other lyrics or versions of this song or know anything about it's history etc etc!!? Thanks Fiddlem |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: John MacKenzie Date: 20 Dec 05 - 08:36 AM Try Here Giok |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: MMario Date: 20 Dec 05 - 08:54 AM Or here in the forum |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: Fiddlem Date: 20 Dec 05 - 09:43 AM Thanks ever so much! Being quite a new Mudcatter I'm still learning the ropes! Didn't expect such a speedy response!! Will now endeavour to learn it properly! have chords etc figureed out.. well at least my guitarist in the band will have it worked out very soon!!! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: MMario Date: 20 Dec 05 - 10:05 AM well gosh, fiddlem - "we" (ie: mudcat) usually do much better then 36 minutes for a first response. but it's the holiday season, you know how it is, so much to do, so little time. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: John MacKenzie Date: 20 Dec 05 - 10:10 AM And I had gone to lunch when you asked. G ☺ |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: muppitz Date: 20 Dec 05 - 10:26 AM Bless you Em, does Chris know he's going to be learning it yet? muppitz x |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: Chris Green Date: 20 Dec 05 - 06:32 PM I've learnt it. Hah! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 21 Dec 05 - 02:24 AM Which of the two songs mentioned was the one you were looking for? Presumably The Gallant Poacher rather than Van Dieman's Land, though the latter is sometimes called by that name (as too, occasionally, is The Lincolnshire Poacher). The Gallant Poacher that features in the thread cited by MMario was quite widely issued on broadsides of the mid 19th century; you can see various copies at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads: The Gallant Poacher[s] The song is number 793 in the Roud Folk Song Index, and Laws assigns it his number L14. It has been found a number of times in tradition; mostly in England, but one American example is listed. It was in the repertoires of the Norfolk singers Harry Cox and Walter Pardon, for instance, but the examples quoted in the Mudcat thread (uncredited there) are, respectively, from Henry Adams of Sturminster Newton, Dorset (noted by Willim and Henry Hammond, August 1905); and from Becket Whitehead of Delph, Yorkshire (recorded by Seamus Ennis, 1954). Mr Whitehead sang three verses, and the text in Folksongs of Britain and Ireland includes a further seven from Harry Westaway of Belstone, Devon (recorded by Peter Kennedy, 1950). It was Henry Adams' set that the Albion Band recorded; the text in the discussion mentioned contains a number of mis-hearings. The Albions omitted one of Mr Adams' verses. The Whitehead/Westaway text quoted here also omits three verses and presents them in a different order from the published collation, so presumably were not copied directly from the book. Mr Adams used the Spring Glee tune that you may recognise from the Copper Family's When Spring Comes In. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: GUEST,DB Date: 21 Dec 05 - 04:21 AM The last response from Malcolm Douglas was, as usual, very interesting. Not least because it suggests that Beckett Whitehead was a real person. The trouble is, you see, I had always believed that Ewan MacColl had invented him (I unreservedly apologise to Ewan's shade for ever having harboured such suspicions!). Now, I wonder, are Seamus Ennis's recordings available? Probably not ... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 21 Dec 05 - 05:06 AM The original recordings of all the songs in Kennedy's book are available from http://www.folktrax.org/. Mr Whitehead appears on two compilations: FTX-021 - A-Beggin' I Will Go: Songs of the Trades (A-Beggin' I Will Go) and FTX-023 - All Jolly Fellows: Songs of Country Life (The Gallant Poacher). The original recordings were made for the BBC, and there are a few other songs from Mr Whitehead in the archives; though not Four Loom Weaver, about which I seem to recall some controversy or other. It may have been mentioned in discussions here. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gallant Poacher From: GUEST,DB Date: 21 Dec 05 - 10:43 AM Thank you very much, Malcolm. I will follow up those leads. |
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