Dogs and Ferrets Songtext

von Steeleye Span

My dogs and I went out on a cold night
For to view the habitation.
Up jumped a hare and away she did run
Straight into a plantation.

I keep my dogs and I keep my ferrets,
I have them in my keeping
To catch those hares that run by night
While the gamekeepers lie sleeping.

She had not gone a long way in
When something caught her running.
So loudly then I heard her cry
For she knew the dogs were coming.

I keep my dogs and I keep my ferrets,
I have them in my keeping
To catch those hares that run by night
While the gamekeepers lie sleeping.

I took my knife all in my hand,
So quickly for to paunch her.
She was one of the female kind
How glad I was i'd caught her.

I keep my dogs and I keep my ferrets,
I have them in my keeping
To catch those hares that run by night
While the gamekeepers lie sleeping.

Then i'll go down to some alehouse near
And i'll drink that hare quite mellow.
I'll spend a crown and a merry crown too
And say, “i'm a right good fellow.”

I keep my dogs and I keep my ferrets,
I have them in my keeping
To catch those hares that run by night
While the gamekeepers lie sleeping.