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T:The Hunting Priest
B:Sam Henry's Songs of the People, edited by Gale Huntington
S:From Michael McCloskey ("Paul Beg") (Cluntygeragh, Dungiven); 11 Feb 1928
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:A doc-tor's merit no more em-ploys the bur-den of my song, sir, I'll
w:He laughs and winks at him who drinks, I dare lay fif-ty pounds, sir, And
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w:sing the life the priest en-joys with con-sti-tut-ion strong, sir,
w: in the morn he sounds his horn to 'Tal-ly ho, the hounds, sir.'
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w:'Tal-ly ho, tal-ly ho, tal-ly ho, the hounds, sir, And
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w:in the morn he sounds his horn to 'Tal-ly ho, the hounds, sir.'