John Peel (Mark Andrews)

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• (Posted 2023-09-14)  CPDL #75397:       

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-14).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 657 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: SATB version (1914).

• (Posted 2023-04-02)  CPDL #73287:     

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2023-04-02).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 76 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: TTBB

General Information

Title: John Peel
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: Mark Andrews
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATB or TTBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1911
    2nd published: 1914 H. W. Gray Co
Description: SATB VERSION: # 75397

Original text and translations

English text

D'ye ken John Peel, with his coat so gray?
D'ye ken John Peel at the break of day?
D'ye ken John Peel when he's far, far away,
With his hounds and his horn in the morning?

Refrain
 For the sound of his horn brought me from my bed,
 And the cry of his hounds, which he oft-times led,
 Peel's "View halloo!" would awaken the dead,
 Or a fox from his lair in the morning.

Yes, I ken John Peel, and Ruby too,
Ranter and Ringwood, Bellman and True,
From a find to a check, from a check to a view,
From a view to a death in the morning.
 Refrain

Then here's to John Peel from my heart and soul,
Let's drink to his health, let's finish the bowl,
We'll follow John Peel thro' fair and thro' foul,
If we want a good hunt in the morning.
 Refrain

D'ye ken John Peel, with his coat so gray?
He lived at Troutbeck once on a day,
Now he has gone far, far away,
We shall ne'er hear his voice in the morning.
 Refrain