We aren't told where Vic Gammon got his set, but it's worth mentioning that Lucy Broadwood published a version in Sussex Songs: Popular Songs of Sussex (1889) which is nearly identical in both text and tune.Īlso see The Fox Hunt, an unrelated song that is sometimes known by this title. The first-mentioned sheet names the place (usually just "yon stony common") as "Gaffer Gelding". Textual variation isn't particularly great in the broadsides. Sly Reynard the fox Printed between 18 for W. Now Reynard, sly Reynard, he hid in a tree that night But they swore they would watch him until daylight And early next morning the woods did resound With the echo of horns and the sweet cry of hounds. Harding B 25(492)ĭeath of the fox Printer and date unknown. Harding B 11(1254)ĭeath of the fox Printer and date unknown. Use our chord converter to play the song in other keys. The song continues in tradition to this day, featuring in the repertoire of the Holme Valley Hunt in Yorkshire.Ī number of broadside editions may be seen at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads. The chords to Reynard the Fox presented here in the key of D major. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors. "Reynard the Fox is memorable among other things for its use of the first person and is a Sussex version of a song which, considering the name - 'Gaffer Ghylls', probably has a more northern location. Reynarda subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flandersis in trouble. Recorded by Martin Carthy on Out of the Cut (Topic Records, 1982). Source: Kennedy, D (1987) Martin Carthy: A Guitar in Folk Music. A Hunt No views 0 Dislike Share Save Nick Samuel Composer 14 subscribers Reynard the Fox - Incidental music for the ballet. Oh the blood-thirsty hounds how they followĪnd they'll drink their lord's health in good wine It was in Stony Fields where they killed me Where the gamekeeper shot through my thigh Lord Jones for the king's hounds did send
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