The Hunting Song

Words & Music:

Tom Lehrer

 

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I always will remember, 'twas a year ago November,

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I went out to hunt some deer on a morning bright and clear.

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I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow:

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Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

 

I was in no mood to trifle, I took down my trusty rifle

And went out to stalk my prey.  What a haul I made that day!

I tied them to my fender, and I drove them home somehow:

Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

 

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The law was very firm, it took away my permit,

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The worst punishment I ever endured.

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It turned out there was a reason:  cows were out of season,

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And one of the hunters wasn't insured.

 

People ask me how I do it, and I say "There's nothin' to it,

You just stand there lookin' cute and when something moves, you shoot!"

And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now:

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Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure-bred Guern-sey---- cow!