Three Hunters, The

X:17418
T:Three Hunters, The
S:Digital Tradition, threhunt
B:From The New Green Mountain Songster, Flanders et al
B:Collected from Paul Lorette, VT
Z:dt:threhunt
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=124
W:Three men they went a hunting, a hunting went one day,
W:Till they came to a monkey, as they were on their way.
W:Says the Englishman "A monkey!"
W:"Oh no," says Scot, "Oh nay!"
W:Says Paddy, "That's your grandfather
W:And his hair is turning gray"
W:Look a there, O there! Whack fol the dee,
W:Look a there. O there! Whack fol dee diddle O day.
W:
W:Three men they went a hunting, a hunting went one day,
W:Till they came to a haystack, as they were on their way.
W:Says the Englishman "A haystack!"
W:"Oh no," says Scot, "Oh nay!"
W:Says Paddy, "That's a Protestant church
W:And the steeple is blowed away,
W:Look a there, O there! Whack fol the dee,
W:Look a there. O there! Whack fol dee diddle O day.
W:
W:Three men they went a hunting, a hunting went one day,
W:Till they came to a hedgehog, as they were on their way.
W:Says the Englishman "A hedgehog!"
W:"Oh no," says Scot, "Oh nay!"
W:Says Paddy, "That's a pincushion
W:With the pins stuck in the wrong way
W:Look a there, O there! Whack fol the dee,
W:Look a there. O there! Whack fol dee diddle O day.
K:A
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/LesterBailey/melnets_big_abc_file/14499
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/OTIS_Irish_Session/melnets_big_abc_file/14499
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/home.quicknet.nl/england/7534
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file/14499
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melodeon.net/melnets_big_abc_file/14499

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