THE WHITE HARE OF HOWDEN
(Mike Waterson's version)

In Howden Town in Howden Town as I have heard them tell
Oh once there was a white hare uséd there to dwell
She's been hunted by the greyhounds and the beagle dogs so fair
But there's never one amongst them can come up to this white
hare

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For she's faster than the black and she's bonnier than the brown
And there's not a dog in England as'll ever bring her down

Oh and when they came unto the place where this white hare did
lie
The beagles they uncoupled and they began to try
And then all the crafty greyhounds they beat the bush around
But there never was a white hare in that field to be found

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Oh says Jimmy the bold huntsman then to Tom the whipper-in
Go look in yonder fernside to see if she lies in
Well with that she gave a jump boys fast away she ran
And it's yonder that she's going just as fast as e'er she can

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Oh both horse and foot they did them unto the place draw nigh
Thinking that the white hare was going for to die
But she slipped out of the bush boys over Howden Hill
And the beagles and the greyhounds they was one short in the kill

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