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<PB N="218" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 13 -->
<HEAD>The Hunt&s;mans Delight, Or, the Forre&s;ters Plea&s;ure.</HEAD>
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<L>The Dear are wounded, but they are not &s;l<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">in,</L>
<L>Yet &s;o they're wounded, that they are or'e tain;</L>
<L>And in their taking pitty it is &s;hown:</L>
<L>for why, 'twas thought that &s;ome there was with fawn.</L>
<L>The Keepers &s;wore great Oaths, upon their lives,</L>
<L>they'd be as kind to them, as men are to their wivess,</L>
<L>the plea&s;ant &s;port this Ditty doth declare,</L>
<L>Of the Hunt&s;men, and the fallow Dear.</L>
</ARGUMENT>
<BYLINE>By <HI>I. M.</HI></BYLINE>
<OPENER>Tune of, among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>COme all you young Maidens &amp; lend an ear</L>
<L>Come li&s;ten a while and you &s;hall hear</L>
<L>How the keepers did &s;port with the fallow Deer</L>
<L>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hey down derry derry down,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Hey down down, ho down down,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Hey down, ho down, derry derry down</HI></L>
<L><HI>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The keepers would on a hunting go,</L>
<L>And under their coats each carried his Bow,</L>
<L>And all for to &s;hoot the bonny bonny Doe,</L>
<L>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hey down derry derry down,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Hey down down, ho down down,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Hey down, ho down, derry derry down,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They &s;pyed five Does upon a hill,</L>
<L>And to &s;hoot at them was their good will,</L>
<L>But none of them they meant for to kill,</L>
<L>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>At the fir&s;t Doe they &s;hot at and they mi&s;t,</L>
<L>The &s;econd Doe they clipt and they ki&s;t,</L>
<L>And they laid them down where no <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> a wi&s;t</L>
<L>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
</LG>
<P><PB N="219" REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 13 -->
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<LG>
<L>The one cried out unto the other,</L>
<L>I am &s;erv'd as my Father &s;erv'd my mother.</L>
<L>All the fear of their taking this joy did &s;mother</L>
<L>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The third Doe &s;he made great moan,</L>
<L>Bcau&s;e that &s;he was big with Fawn.</L>
<L>Which made her to go weeping home,</L>
<L>From among the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Fourth doe could no longer &s;tay,</L>
<L>But &s;he mu&s;t be gone her way,</L>
<L>For fear that the keepers &s;hould her lay</L>
<L>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But &s;oon after &s;he did repent,</L>
<L>And to turn again &s;he was full bent,</L>
<L>To lie down and take her hearts content,</L>
<L>among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The fifth Doe leapt over the &s;tile,</L>
<L>But the keeper he got her by the heel,</L>
<L>And there he did both ki&s;s and feel</L>
<L>among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He pricked her &s;treight with his dart</L>
<L>But &s;he cried out &s;he felt no &s;mart,</L>
<L>And therein lay the keepers art,</L>
<L>among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hey down, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 span"></HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The&s;e fair Does <UNCLEAR>they</UNCLEAR> leapt and they skipt,</L>
<L>Till leaping along, at length they were tript,</L>
<L>No &s;ooner they fell, but the keepers they clipt,</L>
<L>among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The&s;e bold Hunt&s;men were all agreed,</L>
<L>And by con&s;ent the&s;e fair Does did bleed,</L>
<L>But after that came often to feed</L>
<L>among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Great crowds came running over the plain,</L>
<L>Expecting to &s;ee the&s;e fair does &s;lain,</L>
<L>But like fools as they came they return'd again</L>
<L>From among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If it be true as old wives &s;ay,</L>
<L>Take a Doe in the month of <HI>May,</HI></L>
<L>And a Forre&s;ters courage &s;he &s;oon will allay</L>
<L>among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The&s;e Hunt&s;men were &s;o gentle inclin'd</L>
<L>They &s;et them<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">elfe their courage to find,</L>
<L>But away they tript, &s;o &s;wift as the wind,</L>
<L>From among the leaves &s;o green a.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hey down derry derry down;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Hey down down, ho down down,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Hey down, ho down, derry derry down,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o green a.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<P>Printed by and for <HI>A. M.</HI></P>
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