The Horn Of The Hunter

Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: 2nd traste [Verse 1] C F For forty long years have we known him, G C Cumberland yeoman of old, C F And twice forty years shall have perished, G C Ere the fame of his deeds shall grow cold. C F No broadcloth of scarlet adorned him G C No buckskin as white as the snow. C F Of plain Skiddaw gray was his garment, G C And he wore it for work, not for show. [Chorus] C F Now the horn of the hunter is silent, G C On the banks of the Ellen no more, C F No more will we hear its wild echo, G C Clear sound o'er the dark Caldews roar. [Verse 2] C F When dark draws her mantle around us, G C And cold by the fire bids us steal, C F Our children will say, "Father tell us G C Some tales of the famous John Peel." C F And we'll tell them of Ranter and Royal, G C Of Britain and Melody too, C F how they rattled a fox round the Carrock G C And drove him from scent into view. [Chorus] C F Now the horn of the hunter is silent, G C On the banks of the Ellen no more, C F No more will we hear its wild echo, G C Clear sound o'er the dark Caldews roar. [Verse 3] C F How often from Brathwait to Skiddaw, G C Through Isel, Bewaldeth, Whitefield, C F We galloped like madmen together, G C To follow the hounds of John Peel. C F And though we may hunt with another, G C Til the hand of old age bids us yeild, C F We will think on that sportsman and brother, G C And remember the hounds of John Peel. [Chorus] C F Now the horn of the hunter is silent, G C On the banks of the Ellen no more, C F No more will we hear its wild echo, G C Clear sound o'er the dark Caldews roar.