X:205
T: the Hunt Is Up
O: Old English Folksong.
Q: "Somewhat quickly."
%R: jig
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands crescendo symbols.
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: In bar 6, "gone a" looks like "gona".
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/205%3Dthe_Hunt_Is_Up-V2.abc	 2024-11-27 171337 UT
K: D
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A | d2 A (F>!mf!G) A | d- d A (F>G) A | (B>A) G F>E D | E3- E2 ||
w: 1.~The hunt is up,* the hunt* is up,* And it* is well* nigh day;*
w: 2.~The east is bright* with morn-*ing light,* And dark-*ness it* is fled;*
w: 3.~The hors-es snort* to be at the sport,* The dogs* are run-*ning free;*
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A | (BG) A B2 A/- A/ | (G>F) G A2 A p|  (B> Pc) d (c>d) e | !f!d3- d2 |]
w: And Har-ry, our King, is* gone a hunt-ing, To bring* his deer* to bay.*
w: The mer-*ry horn wakes* up* the morn, To leave* his i-*dle bed.*
w: The woods* re-joice at the mer-*ry noise Of hey! tan-ta-ra,* tee! tee!*
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