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The Hunter's Carol.

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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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