See, how our train advances, Their conch-shells below, And their beards fear to shew, With a fa la, la la, la la la, To the sound of the merry horn. Written for the Edinburgh Skating Club. HARK! THE HOLLOW WOODS RESOUNDING. HARK! the hollow woods resounding Now swift over hills aspiring Flying still, and still pursuing, Far from refuge, wood, and den. Now they kill him, homeward hie him, Thus no sorrow e'er comes nigh them, Hark! the hollow woods resounding Hark! how all the vales surrounding There are several versions of this song. THE TUNEFUL SOUND OF ROBIN'S HORN. Anonymous. Eighteenth century. THE tuneful sound of Robin's horn Hath welcom'd thrice the blushing morn; And let us meet the rising day. And through the greenwood let us go, For Nature now is in her prime, 'Tis now the lusty summer time, At noon, in some sequester'd glade, Which courtly dames and barons share. See, see in yonder glen appear In wanton herds the fallow-deer; FOX-HUNTER'S HALL. Anonymous. Eighteenth century. YE fox-hunters, stag, ay, and hare-hunters too, And join in the revels at Fox-Hunter's Hall! To friendship, true friendship, the toast shall go round, To love and the pleasure derived from the chase; For while love and friendship in union are found, What bliss can of hunting, fox-hunting, take place? Then hither, come hither, at jollity's call, And join in the revels at Fox-Hunter's Hall! The breeze of the morn, like the lip-kiss of love, While the sound of the horn, like a harp from above, Then hither, come hither, at jollity's call, And join in the revels at Fox-Hunter's Hall!" What's life without love? and what's gold without health? A phantom, a fly-trap, or dream at the best? While health, love, and friendship, are treasures of wealth, Then hither, come hither, at jollity's call, THE HEALTH OF SPORTING. Anonymous. Eighteenth century. KEEP silence, good folks, and I pray you attend, I'm a hunting physician, and cure ev'ry ill, Tally-ho, &c. Let the man who's disturb'd by misfortune and care Tally-ho, &c. Let him hear but the notes of the sweet swelling horn, Tally-ho, &c. Tally-ho, &c. Let the lovers who secretly simper and sigh, Brush up to'em boldly and try'em again, Tally-ho, &c. Should you chance to be bless'd with a tarmagant wife, Who instead of the joy, is the plague of your life: Tally-ho, &c. go, When madam her small-shot begins to let Tally-ho, &c. Ye poor forlorn devils, oppress'd with the hip, As soon as the whimsy your fancy surrounds, Tally ho, &c. Come here, ye old codgers, whose nerves are unstrung, Come follow the hounds, and you'll hunt yourselves young: Tally-ho, &c. "Twill cure the short cough and rheumatic pain; If Death, that old poacher, to smuggle you strives, Never heed his grim looks if your gelding can go: THE HUNTSMAN'S DIRGE. Sir WALTER SCOTT. THE smiling morn may light the sky, The mellow horn's inspiring sound Ronald? Thou ne'er wilt hear the mellow horn, Thou ne'er wilt quaff the breath of morn, Nor join thy friends with glee; No glorious sun shall gild thy day, No more shall shine on thee, Ronald! Sir WALTER SCOTT. The music by Dr. JOHN CLARKE, of Hereford. WAKEN, lords and ladies gay, On the mountain dawns the day; All the jolly chase is here, With horse, and hawk, and hunting spear! Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling Merrily, merrily, mingle they, "Waken, lords and ladies gay." Waken, lords and ladies gay, The mist has left the mountain grey; |