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[Verse 1]
GC
Lay me in a cushioned chair
GD
Carry me, ye four
GC
With cushions here and there
GD
To see the world once more
GC
To stable and kennel go
GD
Bring what there's to bring
GC
Lead my Lollard to and fro
DCD
Or gently in a ring
[Verse 2]
GC
Put the chair upon the grass
GD
Bring Rody and his hounds
GC
That I may contented pass
GD
From these earthly bounds
GC
His eyelids, they droop
GD
Eyes cloud with dreams
GC
The sun upon all things that grow
DCD
Falls into sleepy dreams
[Chorus]
CAm
Huntsmen, blow the horn, come make the hills reply
DG
Loosen on the morn, a gay wandering cry
CAm
Rody, blow the horn, come make the hills reply
DGD
I cannot blow my horn, but only weep and sigh
[Verse 3]
GC
Lollard treads upon the lawn
GD
And to the armchair goes
GC
The old man's dreams are gone
GD
He smoothes the long, brown nose
GC
Moves a pleasant tongue
GD
Upon his wasted hands
GC
Aged hounds and young
DCD
The huntsman near him stands
[Chorus]
CAm
Huntsmen, blow the horn, come make the hills reply
DG
Loosen on the morn, a gay wandering cry
CAm
Rody, blow the horn, come make the hills reply
DGD
I cannot blow my horn, but only weep and sigh
[Verse 4]
GC
'Round his cushioned place
GD
With new sorrow wrung
GC
Hounds gazing on his face
GD
Aged hounds and young
GC
Fire is in the old man's eyes
GD
His fingers move and sway
GC
Wandering music dies
DCD
You hear him feebly say
[Chorus]
CAm
Huntsmen, blow the horn, come make the hills reply
DG
Loosen on the morn, a gay wandering cry
CAm
Rody, blow the horn, come make the hills reply
DGD
I cannot blow my horn, but only weep and sigh
[Chorus]
CAm
Huntsmen, blow the horn, come make the hills reply
DG
Loosen on the morn, a gay wandering cry
CAm
Rody, blow the horn, come make the hills reply
DGD
I cannot blow my horn, but only weep and sigh
[Verse 5]
GC
The blind hound with a mournful cry
GD
Slowly lifts his head
GC
They bear the body in
DCD
The hounds wail for the dead___