The white hare of howden chords by The Watersons

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Verse 1
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Yn  Owdentown, yn Owdentown,
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As I have heard them tell,
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O, once there was a whiter,
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A used to dare to dwell,
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She's been hunted by the greyhounds
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And the beedled oxen fair,
But there's never one
amongst them
Can come up to this whiter.
For she's faster than the black,
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And she's funnier than the brown,
And there's not a dog in England
As the leather bringer down.
Oh, and when they came
unto the place
Where this white herded lie,
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A beedle they uncoupled,
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A lame he began to try,
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And then all the crafty grounds
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He made to mush around,
But there never was a whiter
In that field to be found.
For she's faster than the black,
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And she's bonnier than the brown,
And there's not a dog in England
And as I'll ever bring her down
Oh, says Jimmy the bowdunceman
then to Tom the whipperin'
Go lookin' yonder fern's side
to see if she lies in
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Well, with that she gave a jump,
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boys, fast away she ran
And it's yonder that she's goin'
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just as fast as e 'er she can
For she's faster than the black,
and she's bonnier than the
brown
And there's not a dog in England
as will ever bring her down.
Oh, both horse and foot they did then,
unto the place drawn nigh,
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All thinking that the whiter
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was gone for to die,
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But she slipped out of the bush, boys,
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over Houghton Hill,
And the beedles and the grahams,
they was one shot in the kill.
For she's faster than the black,
and she's bonnier than the brown,
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And there's not a dog in England
that'll ever bring her down.