Tommy Makem
Tommy Makem - I Wish I Was Hunting lyrics
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On a fine, sunny morning, with the dew upon the grass And the mist lying soft upon the hill I would ramble through the bog, just myself and the dog And go fishing in the river by the mill Chorus: I wish I was hunting where the wild ducks run And the rabbits and the pheasants and the hares Or searching for a fox in the ferns and the rocks And I wouldn't give you tuppence for my cares There are trout in the river, there are salmon there as well And sometimes the long and slippy eels And the meadows would be ringing with the sweet larks singing And the people out there working in the fields Chorus In the merry month of June, when the whins are in bloom And the dusk begins to fall at half past ten If you walked a mile or so and you knew just where to go You could find them making poteen in the glen Chorus In the month of October, when the weather's turning cold And the yellow autumn stubble on the ground There are bright window lights burning holes in the night And the fiddle music ringing all around Chorus