The Three Jovial Huntsmen

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Three Jovial Huntsmen, by Randolph Caldecott, Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott

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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!