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Rufford Park Poachers

   A buck or doe, believe it so, a pheasant or a hare
   Was set on earth for everyone quite equally to share
   So poachers bold, as I unfold, keep up your gallant hearts
   And think about those poachers bold, that night in Rufford Park
   
   Now they say these forty gallant poachers, they were in a mess
   They oft had been attacked when their number it was less
   So poachers bold ...
   
   All among the gorse, to settle scores, these forty gathered stones
   To make a fight for poor men's rights, and break those keepers' bones
   So poachers bold ...
   
   Now the keepers they came on with flails, against the poachers and
   their cause
   That no man there again would dare to break the rich man's laws
   So poachers bold ...
   
   The keepers they began to fight, with stones and with their flails
   But when the poachers started, why, they quickly turned their tails
   So poachers bold ...
   
   All on the ground, with a mortal wound, head keeper Roberts lay
   He never shall rise up again 'til final Judgment Day
   So poachers bold ...
   
   Of all the band that made their stand with setter, net or snare
   Just four were brought before the court and tried for murder there
   So poachers bold ...
   
   The judge he said, "For Roberts' death, transported you must be
   To serve a term of fourteen years in convict slavery."
   So poachers bold ...
   
   A buck or doe, believe it so, a pheasant or a hare
   Was set on earth for everyone quite equally to share
   So poachers bold ...
   
   
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