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Title
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Three jolly huntsmen
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Singer
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Keen, George
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms: 'This version I obtained of Mr George Keen, roadman, High Coggs, near Witney, Oxfordshire. It is shorter than the preceeding and differs from it in several respects. It appears to have been rather more local. I have not heard of its chorus any where else.'
Williams, Alfred: WGS: 'This version I obtained of Mr George Keen, roadman, High Coggs, near Witney, Oxfordshire. It is shorter than the preceeding and differs from it in several other respects. It appears to have been rather more local. I have not heard of its chorus any where else.'
Note 2
In the version published in WGS there is a fourth verse:
Verse 4
The next they met was a soldier,
And he was dressed in red.
He swore he saw Bold Reynolds,
Lie on the ground for dead.
Chorus
Yoicks my boys! The huntsman cried,
And so did every one,
Wivvy, wivvy wink, chivvy, chivvy, chink,
And now poor Reynolds is dead.
And now poor Reynolds is dead.
And the Verse 4 above is printed as Verse 5.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
