UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
The Hunters of Kentucky
VOCAL |
vocal |
(in english)
ye gentlemen and ladies fair
who grace this famous city
just listen if you've time to spare
while I rehearse a ditty
and for the opportunity
conceive yourselves quite lucky
for 'tis not often that you see
a hunter from kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
ye gentlemen and ladies fair
who grace this famous city
just listen if you've time to spare
while I rehearse a ditty
and for the opportunity
conceive yourselves quite lucky
for 'tis not often that you see
a hunter from kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
you've heard i s'pose how new-orleans
is fam'd for wealth and beauty
there's girls of ev'ry hue it seems
from snowy white to sooty
so packenham he made his brags
if he in fight was lucky
he'd have their girls and cotton bags
in spite of old kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
is fam'd for wealth and beauty
there's girls of ev'ry hue it seems
from snowy white to sooty
so packenham he made his brags
if he in fight was lucky
he'd have their girls and cotton bags
in spite of old kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
but jackson he was wide awake
and was not scar'd at trifles
for well he knew what aim we take
with our kentucky rifles
so he led us down by cypress swamp
the ground was low and mucky
there stood john bull in martial pomp
and here was old kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
and was not scar'd at trifles
for well he knew what aim we take
with our kentucky rifles
so he led us down by cypress swamp
the ground was low and mucky
there stood john bull in martial pomp
and here was old kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
a bank was rais'd to hide our breasts
not that we thought of dying
but that we always like to rest
unless the game is flying
behind it stood our little force
none wished it to be greater
for ev'ry man was half a horse
and half an alligator
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
not that we thought of dying
but that we always like to rest
unless the game is flying
behind it stood our little force
none wished it to be greater
for ev'ry man was half a horse
and half an alligator
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
the british found 'twas vain to fight
where lead was all their booty
and so they wisely took to flight
and left us all the beauty
and now if danger e'er annoys
remember what our trade is
just send for us kentucky boys
and we'll protect ye ladies
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
where lead was all their booty
and so they wisely took to flight
and left us all the beauty
and now if danger e'er annoys
remember what our trade is
just send for us kentucky boys
and we'll protect ye ladies
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky
oh kentucky the hunters of kentucky