THE THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN

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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
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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.” 
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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. 
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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.” 
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They hunted, an’ they hollo’d, an’ the next thing they did find
Was a gruntin’, grindin’ grindlestone, an’ that they left behind. 
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One said it was a grindlestone, another he said “Nay;
It’s nought but an’ owd fossil cheese, that somebody’s roll’t away.” 
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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. 
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One said it was a bull-calf, an’ another he said “Nay;
It’s just a painted jackass, that has never larnt to bray.” 
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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. 
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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.” 
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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. 
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One said it was a fat pig, but another he said “Nay;
It’s just a Lunnon Alderman, whose clothes are stole away.” 
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