"Oh, to you Mr Casey, I leave my whole estateĪnd to you Mr Johnson, my money and my plate He sent for pen and paper and ink to write his willĪnd what he made mention of, we found it no prankįor he gave us a check on the national bank! When Reynard was captured, his wishes to fulfill If the rocks do not stop him he will cross Killaloe!" The gentlemen cried "Watch him! Watch him! What will we do? Where none but the footmen and hounds they could follow When Reynard was started, he faced to the hollow With the sweet smell of horses and the sweet cry of hounds Next morning early, the hills did resound We kept his brush in view every yard of the wayĪnd it’s straight he made his course through the streets of Roscreaīut Reynard, sly Reynard, he hid there that nightĪnd we swore that we’d watch him until the daylight When Reynard was started, he faced TullamoreĪnd Arklow and Wicklow along the sea shore They rode out so joyfully in search of the fox The King’s County gentlemen o’er hills dales and rocks On the first day of March in the year ninety-three Īndy Irvine recorded the song with the group Sweeney’s Men in the 1960’s. The fox making his will is a piece of drollery which has its parallel elsewhere for they have in England 'The Hunting of the Hare, With Her Last Will and Testament' (Chappell, Popular Music of the Olden Time, p. I learned the air and words from my father but the version now commonly printed on sheets is a little different, for both date and names are altered to suit a later time. The old people of the midland counties still retain some traditions of this great hunt, which, according to my version of the song, took place in 1793. The song of 'Reynard the Fox' has long been a favourite. 72) and the ' County Limerick Buckhunt', and I have copies of others. "A hunting song.We have in Ireland several hunting songs, each describing the events of some particular chase such as ' Kilruddery Hunt (The)' (Graves, Irish Song Book, p.
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