The Northamptonshire Poacher

from A Time and a Place by Lew Bear

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I discovered this traditional folk song by accident on the internet and the only versions I could find were very old and I thought such a good folk song from my home county needed to be played more
Performed in an overgrown patch of hedgerow in a field near Spratton - it was just the kind of spot you'd expect a poacher to hide in
Features marvelous maestro Robert Barnett on lead guitar

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When I was bound apprentice in old Northamptonshire
I served me master truly for seven long year
Then I took up game poaching on this ya now must hear
A shiny night is a mighty light any season of the year

My companion and I we were setting four or five
And when we took them up again we caught a hare alive
A gamekeeper was passing as for him we did not fear
A shiny night is a mighty light any season of the year

We slung him over our shoulders and wandered through the town
We called unto the neighbourhood and sold him for a crown
We sold him for a crown me boys but I dare not tell ya where
A shiny night is a mighty light any season of the year

Now game is banned fae poachers but I do not think tis fare
Good luck to every gamekeeper who's willing to buy a hare
Bad luck to every gamekeeper who would not sell his deer
A shiny night is a mighty light any season of the year

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from A Time and a Place, released October 12, 2015
Lew Bear - vocals, guitar, arrangement
Robert Barnett - lead guitar
Traditional public domain lyrics

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