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TRADITIONAL JUNES. 135
O then I crossed a field or two
Without any hesitation,
When up jump'd one, and away she ran,
Away to the old plantation.
Refrain — When up jump'd one, etc.
My dog he started after her,
Without any invitation ;
He caught her by the back so small,
Leaping in the old plantation.
Refrain — He caught her by, etc.
I went into a public-house,
On the table threw her down, sir,
"A brace of hares I'll give to thee,
If thou'll pay me a crown, sir.''
Refrain — A brace of hares, etc.
THE COCK FIGHT.
THE brutal sport of cock-fighting is happily now at an end. The
following song is a relic of the pastime, which I admit merely
for the sake of the air. The song used to be sung by ardent cock
fighters in and about Hunslet and Holbeck, two districts of Leeds,
and I have obtained several copies of the air and words. Holbeck
and Hunslet Moors were, forty years ago, the scene of many cock
battles. The patrons of the sport formed an extempore cock pit by
forming a ring round the arena : the first row sitting, the next row
kneeling, and the outer spectators standing. In this manner all
were enabled to see the combat, and if any unlucky individual in
the inner circle, in his eagerness to obtain a better view, stood up,
whack ! came a stick on his unlucky head from those whose view
he had hindered.
The air is rather remarkable for being somewhat similar to the
traditional version of " The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington," first
published by Chappell, and it is more than likely that the cock-fight