THE BOOK OF THE OTTER 



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Cobbler wur theer, Carver wur theer, 

 Random and Rover, oud Pilot and aw." 



After a good drag, hounds mark their otter in his 

 holt, and Crab the terrier is sent in. 



" Hark! Crab's agate feighting him, hard as he con, 

 Be sharp un seize howd of a dog, every mon. 

 We had nobbut just cleeked urn, un roven um back, 

 When th' grey-headed maister croap eawt in a crack." 



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Hounds swim their otter for some time until at 

 last he takes refuge in a holt. 



11 We swum him to Winckley, un theer he dud hoyle, 

 But a pick un a spade soon his harbour dud spoil ; 

 Then he fought into Ribble, ay, reet thro' the pack, 

 Thro* foar on um once had him dean of his back." 



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Hounds eventually account for their otter, and 

 the song finishes with : 



" This otter whoas weight wor just twenty four 



peands, 



Two hears, forty minits, wor hunted by th' heands; 

 Heer's luck to all th' pack, when they meeten next 



year, 

 May th' Captain, un me, un aw us be theer." 



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