Past and Present. 167 



There's another you know who is six feet long, 



And a-hunting he will go ; 

 His telescope eye is never found wrong 



When a-hunting he does go ; 

 He never fails to find when a hare is about, 

 And the hounds all know his " So-ho " shout, 

 For the hunt goes well whenever he is out 



And a-hunting we do go. — Chorus. 



There's INIister Purchas, of Flanders " Hahll " — 



A-hunting he will go ; 

 He's neean sae keen o' dimming a wahll 



When a-hunting he does go ; 

 He stands in the road and cracks his joke. 

 And if hounds are away enjoys his smoke, 

 But you'll never persuade him to ride on a moke 



When a-hunting he does go. — Chorus. 



The farmers all like to come to the meet 



When a-hunting we do go ; 

 And it is to them a glorious treat 



When a-hunting we do go ; 

 They like to see a first-class quest, 

 Ayther gahing east or hodding west, — 

 When the hare's in the pot they like it best, 



So a-hunting they will go. — Chorus. 



And William Percival's a huntsman grand 



When a-hunting he does go ; 

 There isn't his equal in all the land 



When a-hunting he does go ; 



