A Song For The Fox lyrics and chords By The Fureys
The Furey Brothers And Davie Arthur, Written by Finbar Furey. Finbar says he wrote this song as an explanation for his son about the killing of the fox. The music was also written by Finbar, great song.The sheet music and tin whistle notes are included. For me, this is Finbar's greatest song ever. [ Irish folk song ] Reynard The Fox is another Irish song included on the site.
[D]An old piper sat [G]down to [D]play
His voice he began to [A]tune The [D]Fox-chase he heard [G]someone [D]say And it echoed [A7]round the [D]room [D]The Fox-chase for a[G] hunt[D]er To make him stand and [A]cheer Or [D]is it for the [G]little red [D]dog That we all [A7]fill with [D]fear Chorus O[D] fox o fox o [G]little red [D]fox With your heart beating in your[A] chest The [D]hounds they do all [G]foll[D]ow you And still yopu [A7]cannot [D]rest The horses race after you Their bodies all foamed with sweat Their half-crazed masters riding them Their minds all filled with death. Their eyes stretch forth on the hunt For you to kill they're set. Not fearing for their own sweat lives The fox they have to get. Chorus: The dogs they chase after you Their tongues loll left to right They scent their kill ahead of them But he's not yet in sight But as they pass the cold blackthorn Their barks grow loud and clear It's then the little red dog he knows That death is crawing near Men and hounds they gather round But his life he fought to win But the hunter's horn it sounded then And they tore him limb from limb. Old piper play your last lament Sad sunset in your mind For a little red dog that was torn to shreds His life ended by mankind. |
And here's the tin whistle sheet music. The original version of the sheet music wasn't suitable for playing on the whistle because it went too low, so I transposed the music into a higher key.
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