From A Dictionary of the Isle of Wight Dialect by William Henry Long (London: Reeves & Turner, 1886):


THE JOVIAL SPORTSMEN.

1. There was zome jolly sportsmen
Went out to hunt a fox,
And where d'ye think they vound him ?
Among the hills and rocks.

CHORUS: With my whoop, whoop, whoop, and my halloa!
All in this merry train;
With my ran, tan, tan, and my tivy, tivy, twang;
Right droo the woods we'll ride, brave bwoys,
Right droo the woods we'll ride.

2. The vust we met was a ploughman,
A ploughen of his land;
He swore he zid bold Kenyard
Run by on his right hand.

3. The next we met was a miller,
A peepen out o' his mill;
He swore he zid bold Renyard
Run up the yonder hill.

4. The next we met was a blind man,
As blind as he could be;
He swore he zid bold Renyard
Run up a hollow tree.

5. The next we met was a paason,
Clad in his mournen black;
He swore he zid bold Renyard
Run up the huntsman's back.