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Title: The Three Jovial Huntsmen
Author: Randolph Caldecott
Release Date: November 18, 2004 [eBook #14081]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE
THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN.
It's of three jovial huntsmen, an' a
hunting they did go;
An' they hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' they blew their horns also
Look ye there!
An' they hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' they blew their horns also
Look ye there!
An' one said, "Mind yo'r e'en, an' keep
yo'r noses reet i' th' wind
An' then, by scent or seet, we'll leet o'
summat to our mind."
Look ye there!
Look ye there!
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the
first thing they did find
Was a tatter't boggart, in a field, an' that they left behind.
Look ye there!
Was a tatter't boggart, in a field, an' that they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said it was a boggart, an' another he
said "Nay;
It's just a ge'man-farmer, that has gone an' lost his way."
Look ye there!
It's just a ge'man-farmer, that has gone an' lost his way."
Look ye there!
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the
next thing they did find
Was a gruntin', grindin' grindlestone, an' that they left behind.
Look ye there!
Was a gruntin', grindin' grindlestone, an' that they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said it was a grindlestone, another
he said "Nay;
It's nought but an' owd fossil cheese, that somebody's roll't away."
Look ye there!
It's nought but an' owd fossil cheese, that somebody's roll't away."
Look ye there!
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the
next thing they did find
Was a bull-calf in a pin-fold, an' that, too, they left behind.
Look ye there!
Was a bull-calf in a pin-fold, an' that, too, they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said it was a bull-calf, an' another
he said "Nay;
It's just a painted jackass, that has never larnt to bray."
Look ye there!
It's just a painted jackass, that has never larnt to bray."
Look ye there!
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the
next thing they did find
Was a two-three children leaving school, an' these they left behind.
Look ye there!
Was a two-three children leaving school, an' these they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said that they were children, but
another he said "Nay;
They're no' but little angels, so we'll leave 'em to their play."
Look ye there!
They're no' but little angels, so we'll leave 'em to their play."
Look ye there!
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the
next thing they did find
Was a fat pig smiling in a ditch, an' that, too, they left behind.
Look ye there!
Was a fat pig smiling in a ditch, an' that, too, they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said it was a fat pig, but another he
said "Nay;
It's just a Lunnon Alderman, whose clothes are stole away."
Look ye there!
It's just a Lunnon Alderman, whose clothes are stole away."
Look ye there!
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the
next thing they did find
Was two young lovers in a lane, an' these they left behind.
Look ye there!
Was two young lovers in a lane, an' these they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said that they were lovers, but
another he said "Nay;
They're two poor wanderin' lunatics—come, let us go away."
Look ye there!
They're two poor wanderin' lunatics—come, let us go away."
Look ye there!
So they hunted, and they hollo'd, till
the setting of the sun;
An' they'd nought to bring away at last, when th' huntin'-day was done.
Look ye there!
An' they'd nought to bring away at last, when th' huntin'-day was done.
Look ye there!
Then one unto the other said, "This
huntin' doesn't pay;
But we'n powler't up an' down a bit, an' had a rattlin' day."
Look ye there!
But we'n powler't up an' down a bit, an' had a rattlin' day."
Look ye there!
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