Rufford Park Poachers - Jim Moray

Rufford Park Poachers from the album Low Culture

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~Lyrics~

A buck or doe believe it so
A pheasant or a hare
Were sent on earth for everyone
Quite equal to share

Oh poacher bold, as I unfold
Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold
That night in Rufford Park

Cos' they say that forty gallant poachers
They was in a mess
They'd often been attacked when
Their number it was less

Among the gorse, to settle scores
The forty gathered stones
To make a fight for poor men's rights
To break the keepers bones

The keepers went with flails against
The poachers and their cause
So no man there again would dare
Defy the rich man's laws

Upon the ground with mortal wound
Head keeper Roberts lay
He never will rise up again
Until the judgement day

Of all that band who made a stand
To set a net or snare
The four men brought before the court
Were tried for murder there

The Judge he said "For Robert's death
Transported you must be
To serve a term of eighty years
In convict slavery"

Oh poacher bold, your tale is told
Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold
That night in Rufford Park

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• Lincolnshire
• Posy
• Rufford
• Park
• Poachers
• Jim
• Moray
• folk
• trad
• traditional
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• low
• culture
• sweet
• england
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• Grainger

[taman25thc02]

Best version I've heard...absolutely beautiful.. I can see why Grainger included it in Lincolnshire Posy if this folk song was part of his inspiration

[Dippers85]

I'm not so keen on this version. I much prefer the one sung by Nic Jones. I found it Itunes, won't listen to any other versions after hearing his rendition :)

[Sarawarawoo]

Saw him do this at Brum Glee Club 24/1/11, fantastic.

[archdruid76]

heard this live at the weekend in howden-fantastic! despite grainger's inclusion in his Linclonshire posy, Rufford is in Sherwood Forest near where i grew up; although relating to a real incident, is there an echo here of the much older taleof Robin hood behind it?

[melkor6666666]

@Dippers85 Totally agree

[melkor6666666]

@walterhottlebottle Where can I find it?...not on iTunes

[Weathergoat]

I cannot get this out of my head.

[walterhottlebottle]

Nice version, but John Goodluck's of Suffolk is better its got more feeling. Give it a spin.

[pyrothefiddler]

brilliant song and Jim's version is special!! He's a legend..and taking music to a different place!!

[jmaste2]

one of the songs granger decided to include in his masterpiece. love it!