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[Verse]
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In Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire
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Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire
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Three game-keepers' houses stood three-square
 Em                    F          C
About a mile from each other they were
      Dm                       Em            F
Their orders they were to look out for the deer
C     G        C
Long, long the day

[Verse]
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Me and the dogs went out one night
    Em                  F              C
The moon and stars were shining bright
             Dm                  Em
O'er hedges, ditches, fields and stiles
              F                        C
With my three dogs running close by me heels
   Dm                       Em          F
To catch a fat buck down in Thornaby fields
C     G        C
Long, long the day

[Verse]
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That very first night, I had bad luck
    Em                  F             C
For one of me very best dogs got shot
           Dm                Em
He came to me all bloody and lame
                F                C
Right sorry was I for to see the same
    Dm                Em         F
And not being able to follow the game
C     G        C
Long, long the day

[Chorus]
      G        C
Long, long the day
      G        C
Long, long the day
      G        C
Long, long the day
   Dm             Em
In Thornaby Woods
   F              C
In Thornaby Woods
   Dm             Em
In Thornaby Woods
   F
In Thornaby Woods

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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I looked at his wounds and found them slight
      Em                  F            C
'Twas done by some keeper out of spite
                  Dm              Em
I'll take a right stick all in me hand
         F                       C
And I'll search the woods till I find that man
     Dm                      Em         F
I'll tan his old hide, right well, if I can
C     G        C
Long, long the day

[Verse]
     C               Dm
Then I went home and went to bed
    Em                F               C
And Limping Jack went out in me stead
                Dm              Em
He searched the woods around at length
        F                                 C
'Til he found a buck rough lying dead the ground
      Dm                      Em            F
'Twas my little dog that gave him his death wound
C     G        C
Long, long the day

[Chorus]
      G        C
Long, long the day
      G        C
Long, long the day
      G        C
Long, long the day
   Dm             Em
In Thornaby Woods
   F              C
In Thornaby Woods
   Dm             Em
In Thornaby Woods
   F
In Thornaby Woods

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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He got a butcher to skin the game
    Em                  F             C
And likewise another to sell the same
               Dm                        Em
The very first joint that he offered for sale
       F                            C
It was to an old woman who sold bad ale
    Dm               Em         F
She had us all up in Nottingham gaol
C     G        C
Long, long the day

[Verse]
    C                      Dm
The Nottingham assizes are over and past
    Em                 F            C
And we three chaps got free at last
              Dm                    Em
The bucks and does shall never roam free
                F                    C
For a poacher's life is the life for me
  Dm             Em     F
A poacher I will always be
C     G        C
Long, long the day

[Chorus]
      G        C
Long, long the day
      G        C
Long, long the day
      G        C
Long, long the day
   Dm             Em
In Thornaby Woods
   F              C
In Thornaby Woods
   Dm             Em
In Thornaby Woods
   F
In Thornaby Woods

[Outro]
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