The Hunter's Carol.
A merry life does the hunter lead! He wakes with the dawn of day; He whistles his dog--he mounts his steed, And scuds to he woods away! The lightsome tramp of the deer he'll mark, As they troop in herds along; And his rifle startles the cheerful lark As he carols his morning song! The hunter's life is the life for me!-- That is the life for a man! Let others sing of a home on the sea, But match me the woods if you can! Then give me a gun--I've an eye to mark The deer as they bound along!-- My steed, dog, and gun, and the cheerful lark To carol my morning song!
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"A merry life does the hunter lead!..."
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