“Bold Reynard ("A Good Many Gentlemen")”
Description
"A good many gentlemen take great delight in hunting bold Reynard, the fox, for he... lives upon fat geese and ducks." The hunters give chase, and catch and kill the fox. They go home and rejoice at having taken the rogue
Notes
Although this song has points of similarity to "Bold Reynard the Fox (Tallyho! Hark! Away!)," Kennedy and others clearly state that they are different -- and indeed, they have few details in common except that they describe a foxhunt. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Bold Reynard the Fox (Tallyho! Hark! Away!)" (theme)
- cf. "The Echoing Horn" (theme)
- cf. "Joe Bowman" (theme)
Broadsides
- Bodleian, Harding B 28(261), "Sly Reynard the Fox" ("Some gentlemen take great delight"), W. Armstrong (Liverpool), 1820-1824
References
- Kennedy 243, "Bold Reynard" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT, REYNFOX
- Roud #1868
- BI, K243