The Three Jovial Huntsmen   By: Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886)

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THE THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN

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It's of three jovial huntsmen, an' a hunting they did go; An' they hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' they blew their horns also Look ye there!

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An' one said, "Mind yo'r e'en, an' keep yo'r noses reet i' th' wind An' then, by scent or seet, we'll leet o' summat to our mind." Look ye there!

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They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the first thing they did find Was a tatter't boggart, in a field, an' that they left behind. Look ye there!

One said it was a boggart, an' another he said "Nay; It's just a ge'man farmer, that has gone an' lost his way." Look ye there!

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They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find Was a gruntin', grindin' grindlestone, an' that they left behind. Look ye there!

One said it was a grindlestone, another he said "Nay; It's nought but an' owd fossil cheese, that somebody's roll't away." Look ye there!

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They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find Was a bull calf in a pin fold, an' that, too, they left behind. Look ye there!

One said it was a bull calf, an' another he said "Nay; It's just a painted jackass, that has never larnt to bray." Look ye there!

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They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find Was a two three children leaving school, an' these they left behind. Look ye there!

One said that they were children, but another he said "Nay; They're no' but little angels, so we'll leave 'em to their play." Look ye there!

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They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find Was a fat pig smiling in a ditch, an' that, too, they left behind. Look ye there!

One said it was a fat pig, but another he said "Nay; It's just a Lunnon Alderman, whose clothes are stole away." Look ye there!

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They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find Was two young lovers in a lane, an' these they left behind. Look ye there!

One said that they were lovers, but another he said "Nay; They're two poor wanderin' lunatics come, let us go away." Look ye there!

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So they hunted, and they hollo'd, till the setting of the sun; An' they'd nought to bring away at last, when th' huntin' day was done. Look ye there!

Then one unto the other said, "This huntin' doesn't pay; But we'n powler't up an' down a bit, an' had a rattlin' day." Look ye there!

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