Rufford Park Poachers - The Longest Johns

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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