152 The Chase 



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 ! 



One said it was a fat pig, but another he said " Nay ; 

 It's just a Lonnon 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, and 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 ! 



So they hunted, an' 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 ! 



Then one unto the other said, "This huntin' 



doesn't pay ; 

 But we 'n powler't up and down a bit, an' had a 

 rattlin' day." 



Look ye there ! 

 Anon. 



