Will you raise up a glass to our Bellman
And bid that old hound dog adieu
For it's many's the time in the height of his prime
That he thrilled us by runnin' to view
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So let's bid farewell to our Bellman
His voice you all used to know
But it's hounds of his kind they are very hard to find
And he's gone where the good doggies go
On the very worst mornin' in winter
Through the hail and rain he would try
And the other dogs well they just followed after
For his nose never told him no lie
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Oh a gallant old hound was our Bellman
For he'd chase any fox who could climb
And the only wrong deed that he done us
Was when he laid his old pelt down and died
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Well his offspring they followed their father
Well there's Bold and there's Bashful and Grand
And they're just like their noble old father
Why they'd chase any fox from the land
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Now some people use guns to kill foxes
They say that it's much more humane
But the fox that got nipped by our Bellman
Why he lay down and did not rise again
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