Reynard The Fox

<br>Ye gentlemen of high renown, come listen unto me<br>That takes delight in fox hunting by every degree<br>A story I will tell to you, concerning of a fox<br>Near royston woods and mountains high and over stony rocks<br>Bold Reynard, being in his hole and hearing of these hounds<br>Which made him for to prick up his ears and tread upon the ground<br>"Methinks me hears some jubal hounds a-pressing upon the life<br>Before that they should come to me, I`ll tread upon the ground"<br>We hunted for four hours or more through parishes sixteen<br>We hunted for four hours or more and came by Parkworth Green<br>"Oh, if you`ll only spare my life, I promise and fulfil<br>To touch no more your feathered fowl or lambs on yonder hill"<br>Bold Reynard, spent and out of breath and treading on this ground<br>Thinking he must give up his life before these jubal hounds<br>"So here`s adieu to ducks and geese, likewise to lambs also"<br>They`ve got poor Reynard by the slabs and will not let them go