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Thread #114949 Message #2457053
Posted By: Snuffy
04-Oct-08 - 09:23 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Tally-Ho the Hounds / Doctor Mack
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tallyho the hounds (tune - vicar of bray
Here it is Gurney, from the Ninepenny Marl website
DOCTOR MACK
If Doctor Mack no more enjoys the burden of me song, sir I'll tell you the like the priest enjoys is constitution strong, sir It's his delight to drink all night his cares in punch to drown, sir And in the morn to view the horn and Tallyho the hounds, sir And tallyho, and tallyho, and tallyho the hounds sir And in the morn to view the horn and Tallyho the hounds sir
If every day he can avoid to dine off boil and roast, sir And then as great as any lord he will drink his favourite toast. Sir He laughs and winks at them that drinks and them that are not bound, sir And he lifts his glass and lets it pass to tallyho the hounds, sir And tallyho, and tallyho, and tallyho the hounds sir He lifts his glass and lets it pass to tallyho the hounds, sir
And every time he goes to mass the priest puts on his boots, sir And if a fox that way should chance he will follow in pursuit, sir He nimbly leaps o'er hedge and ditch to him there are no bounds, sir And if he can he'll lead the van to tallyho the hounds sir And tallyho, and tallyho, and tallyho the hounds sir And if he can he'll lead the van to tallyho the hounds sir
Now it's oft been done since Herod's day as the priest was going to mass, sir He heard the music of the hounds and he saw bold Reynard pass, sir He dropped his book his flock forsook he threw away his gown, sir He mounted his horse to hunt the fox and tallyho the hounds sir And tallyho, and tallyho, and tallyho the hounds sir He mounted his horse to hunt the fox and tallyho the hounds sir
Now it's oft indeed a pair to wed bold Reynard chanced to view, sir So he flung his surplice o'er his head and bad' the pair adieu, sir They both did pray for him to stay for they were but half-bound, sir So he said that night to bed they might and tallyho the hounds, sir And tallyho, and tallyho, and tallyho the hounds sir So he said that night to bed they might and tallyho the hounds, sir