Definately written by Sidney Carter.

THE WHITE BUCK OF EPPING

CHORUS:

Good luck to the buck,
Good luck to the doe.
Through the forest of Epping
Together they go.


In the forest of Epping the wild deer were black,
They'd been that way for centuries back.
'Till into the wood came a buck that was white,
The keepers of Epping were shocked at the sight.

The does they all followed wherever he went
So up to headquarters this message was sent
"There's a white buck a'wandering where he should not."
Back came the answer "The buck must be shot!"

A fair forest maiden with hair that was red
And a waist that was slim, to the keeper she said
"Oh why must you shoot him? I don't think it fair,
You can't kill a buck for the hue of his hair."

"Oh! Your heart may be tender, your hair may be red,
Your waist may be slender, my darling" He said
"But the black and the white we must keep them apart
Or they won't look the same as they did at the start.

Please try to look at this matter more sanely
I'll stalk him with care and I'll kill him humanely.
You may think I'm hard-hearted but really I'm not,
I'm an animal lover and a bloody good shot."

They hunted him here and they hunted him there
But they can't catch the buck with the wrong coloured hair.
And if you go down to the forest today
They're black and they're white and they're silvery grey.

Your hair may be black or your hair may be white,
There'll always be somebody shocked at the sight;
But if you were the buck and I were the doe,
Through the forest of Epping together we'd go.