There were th' Owd Dog and Pincher, but Rover bet all
That started that morning fra Extwistle Hall.
Sich huntin, sich huntin, you never did see;
So come, jolly sportsmen, and listen unto me.
"They hunted to Langridge, and then back again,
Till by Pendle Water the buck it were ta'en;
Some horses they stumbled, some riders did fall,
For they'd hunted beawt restin fra Extwistle Hall.
Sich huntin, such huntin, you never did see;
So come, jolly sportsmen, and listen unto me.
"Owd Nudger kept leadin, and let nought come near.
An' it neighed an' it marlocked when th' hunters did cheer;
So come, jolly sportsmen, an' join wi' me all
In a health to Squire Parker o' Extwistle Hall.
Sich huntin, sich huntin, you never did see;
So drink to Squire Parker, Rover, Nudger, an' me."
The above song was taken down from the singing of "Blacking Tommy," alias "Tommy o' Raddles," alias Thomas Walker, who can sing the song, but not recite it. The word beawt signifies without; and marlock is an expressive dialectical word signifying pranks, or playful tricks.
MISCELLANEOUS GAMES.
ARCHERY BUTTS.
The butts, or the archery ground for Burnley, was situated in that portion of Keighley Green on which the cotton-mills belonging to Messrs Spencer & Moore now stand. In those "good old days" the ley was a narrow strip of flat land, on the banks of the river Brun, bounded by a "scar" on the one hand, and by a nicely wooded steep on the other. Some old cottages still bear the name of "The Butts." "Scar Foot," and "Scar Top"
