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Track one:
Sound-engineered by Rich Whitworth and Mark Poole of Lincoln;
Mixed and mastered by Jon Fleming.

Track two:
Sanctuary-seeking, early one misty morning, in Old St Stephen's, o'erlooking Robin Hood's Bay;
Melodeon by Tim Crusher;
Sound-engineered by Tim Crusher and Mark Goodall;
Mixed and mastered by Jon Fleming.

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Thornehagh-Moor Woods [traditional, adapted]

I with my dogs went out one night—
the moon shone clear, and the stars gave light—
o’er hedges and ditches, gates and rails,
with a couple of lurchers close at my heels,
to catch a fine buck down in Thornehagh-Moor Fields.

A poacher’s life is the life for me;
a poacher I will always be.

That very first night, we had bad luck:
one of my very best dogs got shot.
He come to me all bloody and lame;
right sorry I was for to see the same,
him not being able to follow the game.

A poacher’s life is the life for me;
a poacher I will always be.

I searched his wounds, and found them slight,
done by a gamekeeper out of spite.
I will take a stick right tight in my hand, and
range the woods till I find that man;
I will tan his old hide right well if I can.

A poacher’s life is the life for me;
a poacher I will always be.

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from Rounding the Horn / Thornehagh​-​Moor Woods, released May 1, 2015

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