You have eaten all my hay, you have spoiled all my straw,

So hang him, whip, stick him, to the huntsman let him go."

Poor old horse: poor old horse.

My hide unto the tanners then I would freely give,

My body to the hound dogs, I would rather die than live,

Likewise my poor old bones that have carried you many a mile,

Over hedges, ditches, brooks, bridges, likewise gates and stiles.

Poor old horse: poor old horse.

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AY ME, ALAS, HEIGH HO!