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Black Fox

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As we were out a-hunting one morning in the spring both hounds and horses running well made the hills and the valleys ring
But to our great misfortune no fox there could be found and our huntsmen cursed and swore but still no fox moved over the ground

And upspoke our master huntsman at the head of hounds rode he well we have ridden for a full three hours but no fox have we seen
And there is strength still in me and i will have my chase and if only the devil himself'd come by we'd run him such a race"

Well then there sprang like lightening a fox from out of his hole his fur was the color of a starless night and his eyes like burning coals

And they chased him over the valley and they chased him over the fields they chased him down to the riverbank but never would he yield
And he's jumped into the water and he's swam to the other side and he's laughed so hard that the greenwood shook and then he's turned to the hunt and cried:

"ride on my gallant huntsmen when must i come again? oh never shall you want for a fox to chase all over the plain and when your need is greatest, just call upon my name and i will come and you shall have the best of sport and game"

Well the men looked up in wonder all the hounds run back to hide for the fox had changed to the devil himself as he stood on the other side

And the men, the hounds and horses went flying back to town and hot on their heels come a little black fox laughing as he ran

"ride on my gallant huntsmen when must i come again? for never shall you want for a fox to chase all over the glen and when your need is greatest, just call upon my name and i will come and you shall have the best of sportin' again"
Song by: Heather Dale
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