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You gentlemen of high renown, come listen unto me
That take delight in fox-hunting by every degree
A story now I'll tell to you concerning of a fox
All rise from hills and mountains high and over stony rocks
Old Reynold being in his den and hearing of these hounds
Which made him for to prick his ears and tread upon the ground
Methinks me he is some Jubal hound pressing upon my life
Before the greater me shall come and tread upon the ground
We hunted full four hours or more, by farish e'er sixteen
We hunted full four hours or more, and come but but with green
Oh if you'll only spare my life, a promise unfulfilled
I'll touch no more of your fair the foul bold lamb in yonder fold
Old Reynold beat out out of breath and dreading of these hounds
Thinking that he might lose his life before the Jubal hound
Oh here's adieu to duck and geese likewise young lambs also
They've got old Reynold by the bush and will not let him go