The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) / With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.

by Alice Bertha Gomme

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—Epworth (C. C. Bell).

I.

Oh, a-hunting we will go, a-hunting we will go;
We’ll catch a little fox and put him in a box,
And never let him go.

—Bath (Miss Large).

II.

Hunting we will go, brave boys,
Hunting we will go;
We’ll catch an old fox
And put him in a box,
For a-hunting we will go.
Halt! shoulder arms! fire!

—Horncastle, North Kelsey, Lincoln (Miss Peacock).

III.