The Huntsmen

Song Cycle by John Emeléus

?. Alas, alack!  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Ann, Ann! 
  Come! quick as you can!
There's a fish that talks
  In the frying pan!
Out of the fat,
  As clear as glass,
He put up his mouth
  And moaned "Alas!"
Oh, most mournful,
  "Alas, alack!"
Then turned to his sizzling
  And sank him back.

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?. Mima  [sung text not yet checked]

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Jemima is my name,
  But oh, I have another;
My father always calls me Meg,
  And so do Bob and mother;
Only my sister, jealous of
  The strands of my bright hair,
'Jemima - Mima - Mima!'
  Calls, mocking, up the stair.

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?. Hide and seek  [sung text not yet checked]

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Hide and seek, says the Wind,
  In the shade of the woods;
Hide and seek, says the Moon,
  To the hazel buds;
Hide and seek, says the Cloud,
  Star on to star;
Hide and seek, says the Wave,
  At the harbour bar;
Hide and seek, say I,
  To myself, and step
Out of the dream of Wake
  Into the dream of Sleep.

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Confirmed with Peacock Pie. A Book of Rhymes by Walter de la Mare, London: Constable & Co. Ltd., [1920], page 35.


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?. The pigs and the charcoal‑burner  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
The old Pig said to the little pigs,
  'In the forest is truffles and mast,
Follow me then, all ye little pigs,
    Follow me fast!'

The Charcoal-burner sat in the shade
  With his chin on his thumb,
And saw the big Pig and the little pigs,
    Chuffling come.

He watched 'neath a green and giant bough,
  And the pigs in the ground
Made a wonderful grizzling and gruzzling
    And a greedy sound.

And when, full-fed they were gone, and Night
  Walked her starry ways,
He stared with his cheeks in his hands
    At his sullen blaze.

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?. The huntsmen  [sung text not yet checked]

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Three jolly gentlemen,
  In coats of red,
Rode their horses
  Up to bed.
Three jolly gentlemen
  Snored till morn,
Their horses champing
  The golden corn.
Three jolly gentlemen
  At break of day,
Came clitter-clatter down the stairs
  And galloped away.

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Confirmed with Peacock Pie. A Book of Rhymes by Walter de la Mare, London: Constable & Co. Ltd., [1920], page 39.


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?. The bandog  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Has anybody seen my Mopser? --
  A comely dog is he,
With hair of the colour of a Charles the Fifth,
  And teeth like ships at sea,
His tail it curls straight upwards,
  His ears stand two abreast,
And he answers to the simple name of Mopser
  When civilly addressed.

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