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Hunting-Song: From "King Arthur."

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Oh, who would stay indoor, indoor,     When the horn is on the hill? (Bugle: Tarantara!     With the crisp air stinging, and the huntsmen singing,     And a ten-tined buck to kill!     Before the sun goes down, goes down,     We shall slay the buck of ten; (Bugle: Tarantara!     And the priest shall say benison, and we shall ha'e venison,     When we come home again.     Let him that loves his ease, his ease,     Keep close and house him fair; (Bugle: Tarantara!     He'll still be a stranger to the merry thrill of danger     And the joy of the open air.     But he that loves the hills, the hills,     Let him come out to-day! (Bugle: Tarantara!     For the horses are neighing, and the hounds are baying,     And the hunt's up, and away!

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