A buck or doe believe it so A pheasant or a hare
Were set on earth for everyone Quite equally to share
So poacher bold, as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park

They say that forty gallant poachers They were in distress
They'd often been attacked when Their number it was less So poacher bold, as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park

Among the gorse, to settle scores Those forty gathered stones
To make a fight for poor men's rights And break the keepers bones So poacher bold, as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park
The keepers went with flails against The poachers and their cause
So no man there again would dare Defy the rich man's laws So poacher bold, as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park

Down on the ground with mortal wound Head keeper Roberts lay
He never will rise up until The final judgement day
Of all that band who made a stand To set a net or snare
The four men brought before the court Were tried for murder there So poacher bold, as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park

The Judge he said "For Robert's death Transported you must be
To serve a term of forty years In convict slavery"
So poacher bold, as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park
A buck or doe believe it so A pheasant or a hare
Were set on earth for everyone Quite equally to share
So poacher bold, your tale is told Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park