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w:When I was bound - ap-pren - tice in fa-mous Lin-coln-shire, * Full
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w:well I serv'd my mas -ter, for more than se -ven year, - Till
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w:I took up to poa - ching, as you shall quick -ly hear. Oh t'is
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w:my de-light on a shin-ing night, in the sea-son of the year.
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W:When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire,
W:Full well I serv'd my master, for more than seven year,
W:Till I took up to poaching, as you shall quickly hear.
W:Oh, 'tis my delight on a shining night, in the season of the year.
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W:As me and my companions was setting of a snare,
W:'Twas then we spied a gamekeeper – for him we did not care,
W:For we can wrestle and fight, my boys, and jump o'er anywhere.
W:Oh, 'tis my delight on a shining night, in the season of the year.
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W:As me and my companions were setting four or five,
W:And taking on 'em up again, we caught a hare alive,
W:We took the hare alive, my boys, and through the woods did steer.
W:Oh, 'tis my delight on a shining night, in the season of the year.
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W:I threw him on my shoulder, and then we trudged home,
W:We took him to a neighbour's house, and sold him for a crown,
W:We sold him for a crown, my boys, but I did not tell you where.
W:Oh, 'tis my delight on a shining night, in the season of the year.
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W:Success to every gentleman that lives in Lincolnshire
W:Success to every poacher that wants to sell a hare,
W:Bad luck to every gamekeeper that will not sell his deer.
W:Oh, 'tis my delight on a shining night, in the season of the year.
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