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Thread #61489   Message #2210613
Posted By: Mr Happy
07-Dec-07 - 12:02 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate
Subject: Lyr Add: THE CHEERFUL HORN
Round my neck o' the woods [Cheshire, UK] it's sung like this

The Cheerful Horn

The Cheerful Horn she blows in the morn,
And we'll a-hunting go
The Cheerful Horn she blows in the morn,
And we'll a-hunting go
And we'll a-hunting go-oh
And we'll a-hunting go, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho

The fox jumped over the Parson's gate,
And the hounds all after him go,
The fox jumped over the Parson's gate,
And the hounds all after him go,
And the hounds all after him go-oh
And the hounds all after him go, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho

Now the Parson had a pair to wed
As the hounds came full in view;
He tossed his surplice over his head,
And bid them all adieu!
And bid them all adieu! ooh
And bid them all adieu! ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho

Oh! Never despise the soldier-lad
Though his station be but low,
Oh! Never despise the soldier-lad
Though his station be but low,
Though his station be but low oh
Though his station be but low, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho

So pass around the jug, my boys;
For homeward we must go,
So pass around the jug, my boys;
For homeward we must go,
And homeward we must go oh
And homeward we must go oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho

If anyone asks for the sense of this song
And the reason for to show,
If anyone asks for the sense of this song
And the reason for to show,
I don't exactly know-oh
I don't exactly know oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho
For all my fancy dwells upon Nancy
And I'll sing tally ho