Chords for Whitby Folk Week 2012 - Martyn Wyndham-Read & Iris Bishop - Bold Reynolds

This next song is one written by a bloke
_ Around about the 1990s Dave toy a song called [D] Bo Reynolds all about a [A] fox _
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My name is his
Reynolds _ [E] I was born near [A] Bonfire Hill _
[G] That was many [D]
years [G] ago I
I _
[E] remember still [G] my brothers [A] and my sisters
[G] We played near [A] the den
[G] with
Carol [D] _ in the world [G]
my [E] life was [A] easy then _ _ _ _ _
[G] when I [A] was
scarcely nine months old [E] I
first [A] met with a _ _
[G] I heard [D] their voices [A] through the wall [G] I came
[A] about
_ I [G] _
[A] found it very easy _
[G] To leave them in [A] my way [G] I
Wondered [D]
many [D] miles that day
Was [Em] to [A] prove my faith _ _ I
_ [G] _
Was [A] on that journey _ I met her in a [D] car
_ [G] She had a [D] handsome thick red cold
[Bm] Strain away my [E] heart was lost
_ [G] _ [A] Spend that year together
_ [G] At seven [A] cubs old soul [G] I
Thank the [D] house for sending [G] me along [A] that distance [D] low _ _ _
_ _ [G] Many [A] times
_ When I was stalking rabbits on my own [G] I
heard a
distant [D]
hunting horn [Bm] called the [A] stragglers home
[G] _
Times [A] the hounds would follow me [Bm] I would have [A] my fun
_ _ [G] Across the fields [D] and meadows _ [G]
I'd give [A] them a good run _
_ [D] _ _ [G] Why [A] may I we stay together
_ _ many seasons more
_ _ [G] _ That's in [D] the winter time
[Bm]
We always [A] had in store
[G] And in [A] the spring time I worked [G] hard _
feed the [E] newborn young
_ [G] _
Hunting [D] through the short chill nights
[Bm] till [C] the [D] rising sun
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Years [A] have passed my fix and I
[E] _ Now I [A] am on my own
[G] My legs are [D] tired my coat is rough
[Bm] All my seed [A] is stone
_ [G] I do [A] not wish a lingering death
[G]
I'll meet the hunt [A] again [G] and
Take them [A] on a final chase
[E] Once more they'll [A] serve my end
my [G] name
[A] Is _ [D] Ronald Reynolds.
[E] I was born on Bonfire [D] Hill _
[G] That was many [D]
years ago [G] I _
Remember [A] still [G] my _ fixer
[D] My young cubs
[G] We lay near [A] the den
_ [G] But now I [D] bid you all farewell
[G]
My [A] life is at an end
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