Ballad Of The Fox Hunter

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[Verse 1]
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"Lay me in a cushioned chair
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Carry me, ye four
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With cushions here and cushions there
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To see the world once more

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To stable and to kennel go
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Bring what there is to bring
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Lead my Lollard to and fro
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Or gently in a ring

[Verse 2]
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Put the chair upon the grass
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Bring Rody and his hounds
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That I might contented pass
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From these earthly bounds."

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His eyelids drop, his head falls low
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His old eyes cloud with dreams
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The sun falls on all things that grow
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Falls in sleepy streams

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Brown Lollard treads upon the lawn
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And to the armchair goes
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There the old man's dreams are gone
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He smoothes the long, brown nose

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And now moves many affable tongue
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Upon his wasted hands
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Leading aged hounds and young
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The huntsman near him stands

[Verse 4]
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The servants round his cushioned place
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Are with new sorry wrung
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The hounds are gazing on his face
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The aged hounds and young

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The fire is in the old man's eyes
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His fingers move and sway
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When the wandering music dies
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They hear him feebly say:


[Chorus]
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"Oh huntsman Rody, blow the horn
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Make the hills reply
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I cannot blow upon my horn
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I can but weep and sigh."

[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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One blind hound lies apart
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On the sun-smitten grass
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He holds commune with his heart
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The moments pass and pass

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The blind hound with a mournful wail
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He lifts his wintry head
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The servants bear the body in
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The hounds wail for the dead


[Chorus]
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Oh huntsman Rody, blow the horn
Em       A     D A
Make the hills reply
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Huntsman Rody, blow the horn
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Make the hills reply

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Huntsman Rody, blow the horn
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Make the hills reply
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The huntsman loosens on the morn
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A gay and mournful cry

[Outro]
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