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Thread #15162   Message #2910101
Posted By: ClaireBear
19-May-10 - 04:16 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: A Hunting We Will Go
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: a hunting we will go
I suppose I might as well post the version I know, while we're at it:

FIELDING HUNT SONG

(Adaptation of a lyric by Henry Fielding)

THE DUSKY night rides down the sky,
And ushers in the morn;
The hounds all join in glorious cry (2x)
The huntsman winds his horn (2x)
And a-hunting we will go (4x)

The wife around her husband throws
Her arms to make him stay;
'My dear, it rains, it hails, it blows (2x)
You shall not hunt to-day!' (2x)
But a-hunting we will go (4x)

Th'uncavern'd fox fox like lightning flies
His cunning's all awake
To gain the race he eager tries (2x)
His forfeit life the stake (2x)
When a-hunting we do go (4x)

At length his strength to faintness worn,
The hounds arrest his flight;
Then, hungry, homeward we return (2x)
To feast away the night (2x)
Then a-drinking we will go (4x)