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The King's Hunt is Up
The King's Hunt is Up
According to Popular Music of the Olden Time (William Chapell, 1859), John Hogon was prosecuted in 1537 for singing a political song to this tune.
The hunt is up, the hunt is up,
And it is well night day;
And Harry our King is gone hunting
To bring his deer to bay.
The east is bright with morning light
And darkness it is fled
And the merry horn makes up the morn
To leave his idle bed.
Behold the skies with golden dyes
Are glowing all around.
The grass is green and so are the trees
All laughing at the sound.
The horses snort to be at the sport
The dogs are running free
The woods rejoice to the merry noise
Of hey tantara tee ree!
The sun is glad to see us clad
All in our lusty green
And smiles in the sky as he riseth high
To see and to be seen.
Awake all men I say again
Be merry as you may.
For Harry our King is gone hunting
To bring his deer to bay.
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