The Longest Johns – Rufford Park Poachers (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
Gm Dm F C A buck or doe, believe it so G Gm A pheasant or a hare Dm C G Were set on earth for every one
Quite equally to share
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C So poacher bold, as I unfold G Gm Keep up your gallant heart Dm C G And think about those poachers bold Gm That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 2]
Gm Dm F C They say that forty gallant poachers G Gm They were in distress Dm C G They'd often been attackéd when
Their number it was less
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C So poacher bold, as I unfold G Gm Keep up your gallant heart Dm C G And think about those poachers bold Gm That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 3]
Gm Dm F C Among the gorse, to settle scores G Gm These forty gathered stones Dm C G To make a fight for poor men's rights
And break the keepers' bones
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C So poacher bold, as I unfold G Gm Keep up your gallant heart Dm C G And think about those poachers bold Gm That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 4]
Gm Dm F C The keepers went with flails against G Gm Those poachers and their cause Dm C G So no man there again would dare
Defy the rich man's laws
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C So poacher bold, as I unfold G Gm Keep up your gallant heart Dm C G And think about those poachers bold Gm That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 5]
Gm Dm F C All on the ground with mortal wound G Gm Head-keeper Roberts lay Dm C G He never will rise up until
The final Judgment Day
[Verse 6]
Gm Dm F C Of all that band who made a stand G Gm To set a net or snare Dm C G The four men brought before the court
Were tried for murder there
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C So poacher bold, as I unfold G Gm Keep up your gallant heart Dm C G And think about those poachers bold Gm That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 7]
Gm Dm F C The judge he said, "For Roberts' death G Gm Transported you must be Dm C G To serve a term of forty years
In convict slavery."
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C So poacher bold, as I unfold G Gm Keep up your gallant heart Dm C G And think about those poachers bold Gm That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 8]
Gm Dm F C A buck or doe, believe it so G Gm A pheasant or a hare Dm C G Were set on earth for everyone
Quite equally to share
[Outro]
Gm Dm F C So poacher bold, your tale is told G Gm Keep up your gallant heart Dm C G And think about those poachers bold Gm That night in Rufford Park