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JOHN PEEL

D'ye ken John Peel with his coat so gay?

D'ye ken John Peel at the break of the day?

D'ye ken John Peel when he's far, far away,

With his hounds and his horn in the morning?

'Twas the sound of his horn called me from my bed,

And the cry of his hounds has me oft-times led,

For Peel's View-hollo would awaken the dead,