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158 UNPTED STATES
Tlie Poacbers.
As ffung oy M^nter COWELL.
When I was bound apprentice in fair Lincolnshiie,
Full well I serv'd my master for more than seven year,
TiU 1 took up to poaching, as you shall quickly hear,
Oh! 'tis my delight in a shiny night, in the season
of the year!
As me and my comrade v^ere setting of a snare,
' Twas then we 'spied the game-kec^er, for him we
did not care.
For we can wrestle, fight, my boys, and jump over
any where.
Oh ! 'tis my delight in a sliiny night in the season
of the year
AJS me and my comrade were setting four or five.
And taking on 'em up again wecaught the hare alivci
We took the hare alive, my boys, and thrcugh the
woods did steer,
()h ! 'tis my deUght in a shiny night, in the season
of the year !
We tlirodun him over our shoulder, and then w
trudged home,
We took him to a neighbor's house, and sold him 1
a crown;
We sold him for a crown, my boys, but I did Mt
tell you where,
Oh! 'tis my delight in a shiny night, in the season
of the year!
Success to every gentleman that lives in Lincolnshire,
Success to every poacher that wants to sell a hare;
Bad luck toevcry game-keeper that willnotsell his deeri
Oh! 'tfs my delight in a shiny night, in the season
of the year!