X:27
T:RVW2/2/27 Poacher's Song
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/27
C:Sung in the "Bell", Willingale Doe, Essex, 14 April 1904
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
L:1/8
Q: "(Editorial suggestion)" 1/4=80
M:5/8
K:G
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w:When I was for-ced to leave my home_ O was-n't it_ pro-vo-*king. I
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w:kept two dogs and a fer-ret too_ I kept them for_ my spor-ting.
W: 
W:I hadn't got a half a field
W:A half a field, no further,
W:Before up jumps another one;
W:My dogs and hare screams murder.
W:
W:
W:I picks her up and I cracks her old neck
W:And into my pocket puts her.  
W:Thinks I to myself I had better be going
W:Before I meets the looker.
W:
W:
W:I went into a neighbour's house
W:And there I gets quite mellow.
W:I spent a crown, another one throwed down;
W:Wasn't I a good-hearted fellow?