Hunting of Arscott of Tetcott, The

DESCRIPTION: "In the month of November, in the year '52, Three jolly Fox-hunters, all Sons of the Blue, They rode from Pencarrow...." They search for Reynard. They pursue as long as it takes, "For Arscott of Tetcott loves hunting so well."
AUTHOR: "Dogget" (source: Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
EARLIEST DATE: 1820 (ms. copy, according to Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: hunting | fox
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #2, "The Hunting of Arscott of Tetcott" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #6902
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Bold Reynard the Fox (Tallyho! Hark! Away!)" (theme, lyrics)
NOTES [71 words]: This is so close to "Bold Reynard the Fox (Tallyho! Hark! Away!)" that I have to think them related -- indeed, I might have lumped them had not Roud split them. I incline to think "Bold Reynard" is older, since it's so much more widespread, but it appears this can be documented at an earlier date. It's just that it's about a specific person, and that person long dead and not very important, so it hasn't survived well. - RBW
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