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Thread #13266 Message #3818953
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
08-Nov-16 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night
As this has been resurrected, one I posted in another discussion several years ago (Just after the hunting ban) as the government is again discussing a possible vote to overturn the ban:
A good time to refresh!
THE FOX – NO MORE HUNTED (Nigel Parsons)(November '03)
The fox went out on a chilly night Gave thanks to the moon for its gracious light, And that cruel men had lost the right To hunt his family down-o down-o down-o Cruel men had lost the right To hunt his family down-o
He came at last to a chicken farm Where the inmates he could cause alarm He made his way, both cool and calm Now men could do him no harm-o harm-o harm-o He made his way, both cool and calm Now men could do him no harm-o
Fox dug his way in the chicken run, Thought that he would have some fun Heard a bang from the farmer's gun, And slunk away from the town-o town-o town-o Heard a bang from the farmer's gun, And slunk away from the town-o
Fox fed at last on a chickens egg, Limped along on a broken leg To the moon above he'd have to beg That a huntsman might put him down-o down-o down-o To the moon above he'd have to beg That a huntsman might put him down-o
Fox died at length in his hidden earth, Of food for days there'd been a dearth To the moon above, he cursed his birth And his blood-matted fur was all brown-o brown-o brown-o To the moon above, he cursed his birth And his blood-matted fur was all brown-o
It's a long time since I've sung this, looking again, the last but one verse might be better with a swap in the first two lines: Fox limped along on a broken leg, Fed at last on a chickens egg, To the moon above he'd have to beg