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Concerning of three young men
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One night in January
                     F
According laws contrary
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A-poaching went straightway

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They were inclined to ramble
            F             Gm
Amongst the trees and brambles
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A-firing at the pheasants
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Which brought the keepers nigh

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The keepers dared not enter
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Nor cared the woods to venture
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But outside near the centre
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In them old bush they stood

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The poachers they were tired
                  F      Gm
And to leave they were desired
       Bb                 F
And at last young Parkins fired
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And spilled one keeper's blood

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Fast homeward they were making
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Nine pheasants they were taking
      Bb            F
When another keeper faced them
     Gm             Eb
They fired at him also

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He on the ground lay crying
               F      Gm
Just like some person dying
     Bb            F
With no assistance nigh him
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May god forgive their crime

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Then they were taken with speed
             F   Gm
All for that inhuman deed
   Bb                     F
It caused their hearts to bleed
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For their young tender years

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There seen before was never
               F       Gm
Three brothers tried together
      Bb                     F
Three brothers condemned for poaching
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Found guilty as they stood

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Exiled in transportation
             F         Gm
Two brothers they were taken
        Bb                  F
And the other one hung as a token
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May god forgive their crime