Seven Hundred Elves

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Seven hundred elves from out the 
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wood
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Foul and grim they were
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Down to the farmer's house they went
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His meat and drink to share


[verse]

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There was a farmer in the west 
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and there he chose his ground
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He thought to spend the winter 
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there and brought his hawk and 
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hound
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He brought with him both hound and
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 cock alone he begged to stay
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And all the deer that roamed the 
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wood had cause to rue the day

[verse]

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He felled the oak, he felled the 
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birch, the beech nor poplar spared
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And much was grieved the sullen 
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elves at what the stranger dared
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He hewed him baulks and he hewed 
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him beams with eager toil and 
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haste
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Then up and spake the woodland 
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elves: ``Who's come our wood to 
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waste?’'

[Chorus]

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G             D          A       
Seven hundred elves from out the 
Em
wood
G        D         A   Em
Foul and grim they were
G           D        A          Em
Down to the farmer's house they went
    G        D        A    Em
His meat and drink to share

[verse]

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Up and spake the biggest elf and 
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grimly rolled his eyes:
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"We'll march upon the farmer's 
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house and hold on him assize
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He's knocking down both wood and 
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bower, he shows us great distain
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We'll make him rue the day he was 
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born and taste of shame and pain.’'

[Chorus]

G             D          A       
Seven hundred elves from out the 
Em
wood
G        D         A   Em
Foul and grim they were
G           D        A          Em
Down to the farmer's house they went
    G        D        A    Em
His meat and drink to share

[verse]

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All the elves from out the wood 
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began to dance and spring
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And marched towards the farmer's 
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house their lengthy tails to swing
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The farmer from his window 
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looked and quickly crossed his 
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breast
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"Oh woe is me,'' the farmer 
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cried, "The elves will be my 
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guests.’'

[verse]

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In every nook he made a cross and
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 all about the room
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And off flew many a frightened 
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elf back to his forest gloom
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Some flew to the east, some flew 
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to the west, some flew to the 
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north away
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And some flew down the deep 
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ravine and there forever stay

[Chorus]

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Seven hundred elves from out the 
Em
wood
G        D         A   Em
Foul and grim they were
G           D        A          Em
Down to the farmer's house they went
    G        D        A    Em
His meat and drink to share