No 75 Three Jovial Welshmen
C.J.S.
1
There were three jovial Welshmen
They would go hunt the fox.
They swore they saw old Reynard
Run over yonder rocks;
With a whoop, whoop, whoop and a hel-lo,
And a blast of my bugle horn;
With my twank, twank, twank and my twank-i-diddle O,
And thro’ the woods we’ll ride, brave boys,
And thro’ the woods we’ll ride.
With my bugle, bugle, bugle,
And a blast of my bugle horn;
With my fal-lal-lal and my fal-de-riddle O,
And thro’ the woods we’ll ride, brave boys,
And thro’ the woods we’ll ride.
2
The first they espied was a woman,
A combing up her locks.
She swore she saw old Reynard
Among the geese and ducks.
With a &c.
3
The second he was a Parson,
And he was dressed in black,
He swore he saw old Reynard
Hang on a huntsman’s back.
With a &c.
4
The third he was a Miller
Was grinding at his mill,
He swore he saw old Reynard
Run over yonder hill.
With a &c.
5
The fourth he was a blind man,
As blind as blind could be,
He swore he saw old Reynard
Run up a hollow tree.
With a &c.
6
There never was a Reynard
Run out that day at all,
’Twas naught but one grey pussy
Sat purring on a wall.
With a &c.
7
O what a world of liars
This is, as well appears.
Henceforth I’ll trust my own eyes,
And none but mine own ears.
With a &c.