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THE COUNTRY BANKER. 



A sportsman at heart and a gentleman born, 



We breed very few of his kind, 

 A nailer to follow the hound and the horn ; 

 Go look at his face when your life is forlorn, 



It is fresh as the westerly wind. 



There's honesty written in characters clear, 



And bravery stands by her side, 

 You feel when you look on his manly career 

 That these are the men that make England so dear, 



The men that fill England with pride. 



He has sympathy too, ever gentle and kind, 



He stands by the poor as a friend ; 

 Ah ! give me a sportsman, in him you will find 

 A sweet combination of merits combined, 

 A friendship the same to the end. 



He rents the big woodland, he planted the gorse, 



Stout foxes he breeds by the score, 

 He forks out the coin as a matter of course, 

 And stands by the master with practical force. 

 Their hearts are as one at the core. 



