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The Gamekeeper

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This is my interpretation. It might not be 100% accurate, but I think it's close. Feel free to send amends.
[Verse 1]
ICn DGevonshire I was a keeper,
HCalf Gmy life I lived outdoors.
UDsing Emskills my father taught me,
OCn lGand that edged the open moors.
[Verse 2]
IC'd Gcut the snares of every poacher,
RCisiGng hours before the sun.
I DseEmt traps and planted cover,
ACnd Gdrove the birds towards the guns.
[Verse 3]
I CfoGught in France like half this county,
WCith Gall the skills I brought from home.
I DseEmt traps and laid the wires,
TCil Gthe earth grew red as Devon's own.
[Verse 4]
JCuly Gthe first, nineteen sixteen,
WCe eGarly rose, passed round the rum.
TDhe Emwhistles blew and we broke cover,
ACnd Gwalked in line towards the guns.
WCe wGalked in line towards the guns.
[Verse 5]
BCack Gon the land, I hire the beaters,
ACnd Gwhen the glorious twelfth has come.
WDe sEmtand in line, we wait in silence,
ACnd Gwalk once more towards the guns.
[Refrain]
We walk Ctowards the waiting Gguns.
We walk Ctowards the waiting Gguns.
We walk Ctowards the waiting Gguns.

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The Gamekeeper

by Show of Hands

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This is my interpretation. It might not be 100% accurate, but I think it's close. Feel free to send amends.

[Verse 1]

C G

In Devonshire I was a keeper,

C G

Half my life I lived outdoors.

D Em

Using skills my father taught me,

C G

On land that edged the open moors.

[Verse 2]

C G

I'd cut the snares of every poacher,

C G

Rising hours before the sun.

D Em

I set traps and planted cover,

C G

And drove the birds towards the guns.

[Verse 3]

C G

I fought in France like half this county,

C G

With all the skills I brought from home.

D Em

I set traps and laid the wires,

C G

Til the earth grew red as Devon's own.

[Verse 4]

C G

July the first, nineteen sixteen,

C G

We early rose, passed round the rum.

D Em

The whistles blew and we broke cover,

C G

And walked in line towards the guns.

C G

We walked in line towards the guns.

[Verse 5]

C G

Back on the land, I hire the beaters,

C G

And when the glorious twelfth has come.

D Em

We stand in line, we wait in silence,

C G

And walk once more towards the guns.

[Refrain]

C G

We walk towards the waiting guns.

C G

We walk towards the waiting guns.

C G

We walk towards the waiting guns.

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