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Martin Carthy( Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy )
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The Bold Poachers
Concerning of three young men One night in January According laws contrary A-poaching went straightway
It's of two noble young men One night in January According laws contrary A-poaching went straightway
They was inclined to ramble O'er moor and moss and ramble Where pheasants they do tremble And keepers they draw near
Oh the keepers dared not enter Nor cared those woods to venture But outside round their centre All in them bush they lay
Oh these poachers soon grew tired To leave they soon desired But then young Parkins fired And he spilled one keeper's blood
Oh he on the ground lay dying And in his blood there lying And no assistance nigh him To see him where he lay
And as they were leaving Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com And homeward they were speeding The other keeper he come stealing They fired at him also
Oh he on the ground lay bleeding And for his life there pleading While through the woods come speeding His mournful pity cry
They were taken with speed All for that inhuman deed For them there was no reprieve All in the court next day
Oh the judge and the jury tried us And we for pity cried us Oh mercy don't deny us We're not prepared to die
Oh the jury they consulted Some said we should be gaoled And others said transported But the judge said we must die
Oh it never happened before Two brothers hanged together Two brothers hanged together For the doing of one crime
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