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Davenport, and the bard of the Tarporley Hunt. 

 "The Woore Country," "The Tarporley Hunt, 

 1833," " The Little Red Rover," and " Tar Wood " 

 are among the best. But all his songs breathe a 

 spirit of good-fellowship in the hunting-field and 

 conviviality in the Club, to the accompaniment of 

 a jolly jingle of bits, spurs, and claret glasses and 

 the music of the hunting-horn. 

 This is in his best manner : 



Stags in the forest lie, hares in the valley-o ! 



Web-footed otters are speared in the lochs ; 

 Beasts of the chase that are not worth a Tally-ho ! 

 All are surpassed by the gorse-cover fox ! 

 Fishing, though pleasant, 

 I sing not at present, 

 Nor shooting the pheasant, 



Nor fighting of Cocks ; 

 Song shall declare a way 

 How to drive care away, 

 Pain and despair away, 

 Hunting the Fox ! 



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Printed in Great Britain/or Constable & Company, Limited, 

 by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh, 



