The Horn Of The Hunter - Gordon Bok Chords
Chords: C, F, G
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Genre: folk, ballad, acoustic
[Verse 1]
C F
For forty long years have we known him,
G C
Cumberland yeoman of old,
C F
And twice forty years shall have perished,
G C
Ere the fame of his deeds shall grow cold.
C F
No broadcloth of scarlet adorned him
G C
No buckskin as white as the snow.
C F
Of plain Skiddaw gray was his garment,
G C
And he wore it for work, not for show.
[Chorus]
C F
Now the horn of the hunter is silent,
G C
On the banks of the Ellen no more,
C F
No more will we hear its wild echo,
G C
Clear sound o'er the dark Caldews roar.
[Verse 2]
C F
When dark draws her mantle around us,
G C
And cold by the fire bids us steal,
C F
Our children will say, "Father tell us
G C
Some tales of the famous John Peel."
C F
And we'll tell them of Ranter and Royal,
G C
Of Britain and Melody too,
C F
how they rattled a fox round the Carrock
G C
And drove him from scent into view.
[Chorus]
C F
Now the horn of the hunter is silent,
G C
On the banks of the Ellen no more,
C F
No more will we hear its wild echo,
G C
Clear sound o'er the dark Caldews roar.
[Verse 3]
C F
How often from Brathwait to Skiddaw,
G C
Through Isel, Bewaldeth, Whitefield,
C F
We galloped like madmen together,
G C
To follow the hounds of John Peel.
C F
And though we may hunt with another,
G C
Til the hand of old age bids us yeild,
C F
We will think on that sportsman and brother,
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