Rufford Park Poachers
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
Gm Dm F C
A buck or doe, believe it so
G Gm
A pheasant or a hare
Dm C G
Were set on earth for every one
Quite equally to share
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C
So poacher bold, as I unfold
G Gm
Keep up your gallant heart
Dm C G
And think about those poachers bold
Gm
That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 2]
Gm Dm F C
They say that forty gallant poachers
G Gm
They were in distress
Dm C G
They'd often been attackéd when
Their number it was less
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C
So poacher bold, as I unfold
G Gm
Keep up your gallant heart
Dm C G
And think about those poachers bold
Gm
That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 3]
Gm Dm F C
Among the gorse, to settle scores
G Gm
These forty gathered stones
Dm C G
To make a fight for poor men's rights
And break the keepers' bones
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C
So poacher bold, as I unfold
G Gm
Keep up your gallant heart
Dm C G
And think about those poachers bold
Gm
That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 4]
Gm Dm F C
The keepers went with flails against
G Gm
Those poachers and their cause
Dm C G
So no man there again would dare
Defy the rich man's laws
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C
So poacher bold, as I unfold
G Gm
Keep up your gallant heart
Dm C G
And think about those poachers bold
Gm
That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 5]
Gm Dm F C
All on the ground with mortal wound
G Gm
Head-keeper Roberts lay
Dm C G
He never will rise up until
The final Judgment Day
[Verse 6]
Gm Dm F C
Of all that band who made a stand
G Gm
To set a net or snare
Dm C G
The four men brought before the court
Were tried for murder there
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C
So poacher bold, as I unfold
G Gm
Keep up your gallant heart
Dm C G
And think about those poachers bold
Gm
That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 7]
Gm Dm F C
The judge he said, "For Roberts' death
G Gm
Transported you must be
Dm C G
To serve a term of forty years
In convict slavery."
[Chorus]
Gm Dm F C
So poacher bold, as I unfold
G Gm
Keep up your gallant heart
Dm C G
And think about those poachers bold
Gm
That night in Rufford Park
[Verse 8]
Gm Dm F C
A buck or doe, believe it so
G Gm
A pheasant or a hare
Dm C G
Were set on earth for everyone
Quite equally to share
[Outro]
Gm Dm F C
So poacher bold, your tale is told
G Gm
Keep up your gallant heart
Dm C G
And think about those poachers bold
Gm
That night in Rufford Park
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