Drink Puppy Drink (Song by George J. Whyte-Melville, 1874):
Now here's to the fox with his arse beneath the rocks,
Here's to the line that we follow.
And here's to every hound with his nose upon the ground,
And a-merrily we whoop and we holloa!
Chorus (after each verse):
So drink, puppy, drink, let ev'ry puppy drink
That's old enough to lap and to swallow;
For he'll grow into an hound,
And we'll pass the bottle 'round,
And merrily we'll whoop and we'll holloa.
Now here's to the horse and the rider too, of course,
Here's to the rally to the hunt, boys;
And here's to every friend that can struggle to the end,
And here's to the tally-ho in front, boys.
Now here's to the gap and the timber that we rap,
Here's to the white thorn, and the black, too;
And here's to the pace that puts life into the chase,
And the fence that gives a moment for the pack, too.
Now the pack is staunch and true, now they come from scent to view,
And it's worth the risk to life, limb and neck, boys;
To see them drive and stoop until they finish with ‘Whoop’,
Forty minutes on the grass without a check, boys.
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