Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1896
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Oh, the dawn is all about us,
And the dew is in our faces,
Dashed from off the rushing branches,
As we ride and riding sing,
Yoicks! The hunt is up,
The hounds are out,
The beaters in their places,
Tis’ a gallant day for hunting in the name of
Charles the King.
Shout for God!
For Charles!
For England!
For the game has broken cover,
Scudding out into the open,
While the moors and meadows ring
With the yell of horn, the bay of hounds,
The shout of lord and lover.
[Refrain]
Gone away!
Yoicks! Tally ho!
Gone away!
Yoicks! Tally ho!
Yoicks!
Tally ho, Tally ho, Tally ho!
Riding through England for God and the King!
Riding through England for God and the King!
[Verse 2]
See the rascals, how they scamper:
We are closing in on the vermin.
There’s the gray old fox, Noll Cromwell,
He who presently shall swing.
We will hang him as the Haman,
Give him hempen rope to squirm in.
‘Tis a gallant day for hunting in the name of Charles the King.
Shout for God!
For Charles!
For England!
For the wind is in our faces,
Blowing gaily from the upland,
As we ride and riding sing,
Yoicks!
The hunt is done, the foxes dead,
The hounds have left no traces.
[Refrain]
Recommended Citation
Cram, Ralph Adams and Bullard, Frederic Field, "Nottingham Hunt" (1896). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1131.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1131
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
"Nottingham Hunt"
A War Song
The Poem written by Ralph Adams Cram
The Music composed by Fred. Field Bullard
Boston: Fred. Field Bullard (1896)
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