Fox Hunt Yarn + 

This my adventure is no hoax; + 

I mounted horse to hunt a fox, + 

The cunning beast got into cover, + 

Hunting him we rode all over. + 

But my fine horse he stumbling fell + 

Down to the bottom of the well, + 

And thus the noble beast was slain. + 

My comrades scattered o’er the plain, + 

Knew not that in the depths profound + 

I was in deep hole underground; + 

While o’er broad fields they proudly course, + 

I was laying on my dead horse. + 

And from thence did often yell, + 

But no one came near to that well; + 

The carcass soon it did ferment, + 

And from it there went a strong scent, + 

Which attracted flock of buzzards, + 

And down they came to fill their gizzards; + 

Around four of them I did cling, + 

And made them fly aloft on wing. + 

But they flew higher than I wanted, + 

Though T was still quite undaunted; + 

I first let one buzzard slip, + 

Then another on downward trip, + 

’Till I arrived all safe and sound, + 

Without a scratch on solid ground, + 

But now no man can ever coax + 

Me to go hunting of a fox. + 