INDIAN SPORTING SONGS. 301 



M&ET ME WHEN DAYLIGHT MAY DAWN. 



Tune l Meet me by Moonlight Alone.' 



I. 



Meet me when daylight may dawn, 



And then I will show you a boar, 

 Who will lead us, thro' thicket and thorn, 



To the hills where he beat us before. 

 Then remember be there, tho' you dread 



To meet such a monster alone ; 

 For I must, and I will* win that head, 



'Tis the greyest that ever was known. 

 Then meet me when daylight may dawn, 

 And follow thro' thicket and thorn ! 



II. 

 Moonlight may do for the * spoons ' 



Who at balls pass their moments away, 

 But what are a million of moons 



To one bright little hour of day ? 

 Oh ! then fail not to be at your post, 



For tho' hunting's my pleasure and pride, 

 Yet the charm of the chase is half lost 

 If we have not a rival to ride. 



So meet me when daylight may dawn, 

 And follow thro* thicket and thorn ! 



S. Y. S. 



' Oriental Sporting Magazine,' 

 August, 1831. 



