Hares in the Old Plantation

Oh, I got a dog, I got a good dog too
And I have him in my keeping
To catch those hares that run by night
While the gamekeeper lies sleeping
Oh, me and my dogs we went out one night
To view a habitation
Up jumped one and away she run
Right into my plantation

She kicked, she squealed, she hollered out
I thought that she was running
I says, "Oh poor soul, do lie still
For your uncle he is a-coming"
I picked her up and I cracked her neck
Oh quickly I did paunch her
She proved to be of the female kind
How glad was I that I caught her

And as I was a-goin' over half a field
Scarcе half a field or further
Up jumpеd out another one and away she run
And I made her shriek murder
I picked her up, I smoothed her out
Into my pocket I put her
I says to my dogs, "Oh, we must be going
Before we meet some looker"

So I went down to my neighbour's house
And I asked him what he'd give me
Said he'd give me a crown of grace
If I would bring him fifty
So I went down to the public-house
And there I got quite mellow
Laid a crown, another one laid down
Don't you think that I am a good fellow?

Oh, I got a dog, I got a good dog too
And I have him in my keeping
To catch those hares that run by night
While the gamekeeper lies sleeping