The Rochdale Hounds 1932 Gracie Fields

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 06 Dec 2003

I've been hunting
with the hounds at Rochdale,
Ee, by gum, we've got a lovely pack!
Whippets and Alsatians,
Bulldogs and Dalmatians,
Horses with two legs in front
and two more at the back.
Off we dashed,
and made a fine display,
Auntie took a fence,
and took it with her all the way,

With the Rochdale Hounds,
at the Rochdale Hunt,
TallyHo! TallyHo!
In hunting dress instead
of clogs and shawls,
Jumping over fences
and the back yard walls!
Tantivy! Tantivy! Tantivy!
Away! Away! Away we went
with leaps and bounds.
We couldn't find a fox
so with a cat we made pretend,
Uncle Willie rode a horse
he'd borrowed from a friend;
Such a lovely thoroughbred
with a coalwaggon on the end.
Following the Rochdale Hounds!

With the Rochdale Hounds,
at the Rochdale Hunt,
TallyHo! TallyHo!
In hunting dress instead
of clogs and shawls,
Jumping over fences
and the back yard walls!
Tantivy! Tantivy! Tantivy!
Away! Away! Away we went
with leaps and bounds.
That young Maggie Higgins
known round all the neighbourhoods,
She had a nasty fall,
but she's a "saucy piece of goods."
It's not the first time
Maggie has "fallen"
when she's been in the woods.
Following the Rochdale Hounds!

The horse I rode
I borrowed from a Circus,
It tried to dance
and beg upon its toes!
Father, tho' he's bandy,
he looked fine and dandy
in a lovely scarlet coat
to match his scarlet nose.
Grandpa's horse,
it couldn't jump at all,
so all of us,
we had to lift it over ev'ry wall!

With the Rochdale Hounds,
at the Rochdale Hunt,
TallyHo! TallyHo!
In hunting dress instead
of clogs and shawls,
Jumping over fences
and the back yard walls!
Tantivy! Tantivy! Tantivy!
Away! Away! Away we went
with leaps and bounds.
Father's horse flew round the Town,
and you would hardly think,
it dashed right through
the "Rose and Crown"
and out in half a wink;
'Twas the first time Pa had been in a pub
and come out without a drink.
Following the Rochdale Hounds!

With the Rochdale Hounds,
at the Rochdale Hunt,
TallyHo! TallyHo!
In hunting dress instead
of clogs and shawls,
Jumping over fences
and the back yard walls!
Tantivy! Tantivy! Tantivy!
Away! Away! Away we went
with leaps and bounds.
Mother raced away,
there was no holding her in check,
she caught the fox,
and very soon
it looked a perfect wreck;
She skinned it,
then came galloping home
and wore it around her neck.
Following the Rochdale Hounds!

Soft karaoke
Words
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The Rochdale Hounds 1932
by Harry Gifford and Fred E. Cliffe
copyright 1932 by Francis, Day and Hunter Ltd.
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 07 December 2003 at 19.11
in association with Doug Grierson
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