SLIPPER'S A B C OF

FOX-HUNTING
A is for Alphabet
A is for Alphabet
"A is for Alphabet.
Faith! I'm in dhread
It's hardly I'll battle it out up to Z."
B is for Buck
B is for Buck
"B is for Buck.
Your best howlt is the spurs,
And make sure they're dhruv home
When ye're goin' through furze."
C is for Check
C is for Check
"C is for Check.
If ye go any faster
Ye'll be apt to be dhrawn into chat,
With the Master."
D was the Dhrain
D was the Dhrain
"D was the Dhrain that the fox got inside in.
Bad luck to the cowardly shkamer for hidin'!"
E came from England
E came from England
"E came from England, and wanted no guide.
Now he's larning the lie o' the bogs,
From inside!"
F is Full Cry
F is Full Cry
"F is Full Cry.
And it's hard to say which
This lad or the hounds
Lets the powerfullest screech!"
G stands for Geese
G stands for Geese
"G stands for Geese.
Look at Gollagher now,
And himself in the thick of a Family Row!"
H is for Horn
H is for Horn
"H is for Horn.
The few that can blow it
Are born to the thrick,
Just the same as a poet!"
I is meself
I is meself
"I is meself.
No great shakes, as you see,
But there's more than one gerr'l
Is wishin' for me!"
J is Jog Home
J is Jog Home
"J is Jog Home.
A dhry misht from the say
Very often comes on,
Just to soften the way!"
K is the Kick
K is the Kick
"K is the Kick that killed Kinahane dead.
I'd be sorry to mention
The words that he said!"
M is the Master
M is the Master
"M is the Master,
Blaspheemious of habit;
If you would catch hardship
Cheer hounds to a rabbit!
"And L is the Lep
That he threw in the passion.
Be cripes! But thim dogs
Got their 'nough of a thrashin'!"
N was a Nanny-goat
N was a Nanny-goat
"N was a Nanny-goat up on the hill.
Faith! Some o' thim puppies
Is hunting her still!"
O's the Obstackle
O's the Obstackle
"O's the Obstackle
Tim met in the way.
But the mare being free
He got no great delay."
P was the Price
P was the Price
"P was the Price of a nate little bin
That the foxes ate over and over agin.
And bedad! if it comes to a Quarrel,
(that's Q)
I'll back Biddy Burke
To out-hucksther a Jew!
R is for River
R is for River
"R is for River.
Young Reilly kept cool.
If ye give him fair warning
Young Reilly's no fool.
"And S was the Saxon
That gave him the warning.
I'm thinkin' he'll hardly be dhry
Before morning."
T is a Tenant
T is a Tenant
"T is a Tenant
About to vacate
The site once well filled by his
Family Sate.
"And U's the Umbrella
That spilt the poor fella.
What call have owld women
To want an Umbrella?"
V's the Vet
V's the Vet
"V's the Vet.
A nate surgeon, he'll 'knife it and chance it'!
And he'll 'cut out the work'
Without using his lancet!"
Here's the Wrecker
Here's the Wrecker
"Here's the Wrecker, and Earth Stopper,
Bowld Willy Roche.
Sure they say a fried egg's the one thing
He can't poach!"
X is the finish
X is the finish
"I sthruggled this long time
And couldn't find one
Dacent, sportsmanlike word
That thim letters begun.
"But at all events X is the finish of Fox.
His Y Z ye can't see
He's to ground in the rocks!"

The End