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T:Bold Poachers
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W:Concerning of three young men
W:One night in January
W:According laws contrary
W:A-poaching went straightway
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W:They were inclined to ramble
W:Amongst the trees and brambles
W:A-firing at the pheasants
W:Which brought the keepers nigh
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W:3
W:The keepers dared not enter
W:Nor cared the woods to venture
W:But outside near the centre
W:In them old bush they stood
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W:The poachers they were tired
W:And to leave they were desired
W:At at last young Parkins fired
W:And spilled one keeper's blood
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W:Fast homeward they were making
W:Nine pheasants they were taking
W:When another keeper faced them
W:They fired at him also
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W:6
W:He on the ground lay crying
W:Just like some person dying
W:With no assistance nigh him
W:May God forgive their crime
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W:7
W:Then they were taken with speed
W:All for that inhuman deed
W:It caused their hearts to bleed
W:For their young tender years
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W:8
W:There seen before was never
W:Three brothers tried together
W:Three brothers condemned for poaching
W:Found guilty as they stood
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W:9
W:Exiled in transportation
W:Two brothers they were taken
W:And the other hung as a token
W:May God forgive their crime

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