The Fox - Beggars Opera

The Fox:

Right behind me as I rush across the meadow

Hungry hounds are getting closer all the time

I can hear the sound of horses on the gallop

Don’t they know that in gods eyes it is a crime

City gents turn on their horses to go faster

has now become a battle cry

Why, I am tired and my legs are growing weaker

Could it be that I can see death going by At last I have found peace

Alone in the dark

But how long can I stay here

For I hear them’s bark

Breaking from cover now

Hearing the trumpet sound

Hey

Hissing and panting now

Fleeing across the ground

Hey

Dogs coming closer now

Knowing the time has come

Hey

Snarling and snapping, run

Senses becoming numb

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Ahh…

The Hunters:

Gather round and see the fun

Come and see what we have done

Today’s the day we’ve won our prize

We cut the fox right down to size

We got its brush, and leave its head

Perhaps to make a little more

We’ve got the rush and lots of laughs

And smear our faces in its blood

We go back and drink our fill

We meet again for another kill

We chase the fox right out of breath

And smell again the fear of death