The Huntsman's DELIGHT: Or, The FORRESETRS Pleasant Pastime.
To the Tune of, Amongst the Leaves so green a &c.
F [...] wh [...], 'twas thought that some ther w [...]s withawn.
The De [...]r are wounded, but they are not slain,
Yet so they're wound [...]d, that they are or'etain;
And in their taking, pitty it is shown:
The Keepers swore great Oaths, upon their lives,
They'd be as kind to them as Men are to their Wives,
The pleasant Sp [...]rt this Ditty doth declare,
Of the kind Huntsmen, and the Fallow-deer.
COme all you young Maidens and lend an ear,
Come listen a while, and you shall bear
How the Keepers did sport with the Fallow-deer,
Amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down, derry derry down,
Hey down down, ho down down,
Hey down, ho down, derry derry down,
Amongst the leaves so green a,
The Keepers they would an a hunting go,
And under their coats each carried his bow,
And all for to shoot the bonny bonny Doe,
Amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down, derry derry down,
Hey down down, ho down down
Hey down, hodown, derry derry, down,
Amongst the leaves so green a.
They spyed five Does upon a hill,
And to shoot at them was their good will,
But none of them they ment for to kill,
Amongst the leaves so green a.
Hey down, &c.
At the first Doe they shot, and they mist,
The second Doe they clipt, and they kist;
And they said them down where no Man wist,
Amongst the leaves so green a.
Hey down, &c.
The one cryed out unto the other,
I'm serv'd as my Father serv'd my Mother;
But yet these joys we cannot smother,
Amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down, &c.
The third Doe she made great moan,
Because that she was big with Fawn,
VVhich made her to go weeping home,
From amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down, &c.
The fourth Doe could no longer stay,
But she must be gone her way,
For fear that the Keepers should her lay
Amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down, &c.
But soon after she did repent,
And to turn again she was fully bent,
To lye down and take her heart's content,
Amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down, &c.
The fifth Doe leapt over the stile,
But the Keeper he got her by the heel,
And there he did both kiss and feel,
Amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down, &c.
They drew forth their arrows once again,
And they shot at another a-cross the plain;
She sigh'd, but it was with a pleasing pain,
Amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down &c.
He pricked her straightways with his dart
But she cryed out she felt no smart,
And therein say the Keeper's art,
Amongst the leaves so green a.
Hey down, &c.
These fair Does, they leapt, and they ski [...]
Till leaping along, at length they were t [...]i [...]
No sooner they fell, but the Keepers them [...]
Amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down, &c.
The Keepers did tumble them o're and o're,
Though often they shot, they requir'd more
They never had met with such sport before,
Amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down, &c.
These bold Huntsmen were all agreed,
And by consent these fair Does did bleed;
But after that they came often to feed
Amongst the leaves so green a.
Hey down, &c.
Great Crowds came running over the Plain,
Expecting to see these fair Does slain;
But like Fools as they came, they return [...]d aga [...]
From amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down, &c.
If it be true as old VVives say,
Take a Doe in the Month of May,
And a Forrester's courage she soon will ally,
Amongst the leaves so green a.
Hey down, &c.
These Huntsmen were so gently inclin'd,
They let them rise their courage to find;
But away they tript so swift as the wind,
From amongst the leaves so green a:
Hey down derry derry down;
Hey down down, ho down down,
Hey down, ho down, derry derry down,
Amongst the leaves so green a.