The songs of foxhunting : a collection of words and music which for over two centuries foxhunters have loved to sing, celebrating the exploits of hounds, horses and horsemen in the hunting field, with seventy-seven illustrations / by Alexander Mackay-Smith.
Edition:
1st ed.
Published / Created:
Millwood, Va. : American Foxhound Club, 1974.
Physical Description:
xxv, 184 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Music (printed)
Notes:
BEIN: Beinecke library copy is one of an edition of 1500. (1986 +144)
Contents:
The fox chace or The huntsman's harmony.--The famous ballad of the Badsworth hunt or The most excellent fox chase.--The huntsman's rouse.--A-hunting we will go or The dusky night.--The Kilruddery hunt.--The hunting of Arscott of Tetcott.--Young bucks a-hunting go.--Steepleford hunting song.--Holmbank hunting song.--Beau Reynolds.--A southerly wind and a cloudy sky or The fox chace.--Reynard the fox, with his last will and testament.--Hunting song of Mr. Meynell's time.--The Billesdown Coplow run.--Rouse, boys, rouse!--John Peel.--Here's a health to every sportsman.--The hunting day.--Drink, puppy, drink!--The fox.
Subject Terms:
MacKay-Smith, Alexander -- Autograph. | Hunting songs -- England. | Fox hunting -- Songs and music.