X:1
T:Lincolnshire Poacher
M:6/8
L:1/8
P:Freely on verses, more 'in time' on choruses
K:G
D | "G" G2 G "Em"GFE |"C" D2- C "G"B,2 D | G2 G "D"A2 F | "C "G3- "G"G z D | 
G2 A B2 c | "Bm7"d2- B "Em"G2 A | "G"B2 B BAG | "C"A2-"D"A- A z D | 
"G"G2 A B2 c | "Bm7"d2- B "Em"G2 A | "G" B2 BB-A G | "C"A2-"D"A- ABA | 
"G"G2 G "Em"GFE | "C"D2 C "G"B,2 D/2D/2 | G2 G "D"A2 F | "C"G3- "G"GBA |
"G"G2 G "Em"GFE | "C"D2 C "G"B,2 D/2D/2 | G2 G "D"A2 F | "C"G3- "G"G2 || 
W:
W:1. When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire
W:Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years
W:Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear
W:(Ch.) Oh, ’tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year. (x2)
W:
W:2. As me and my companions was setting out a snare
W:‘Twas then we spied the gamekeeper, for him we didn’t care
W:For we can wrestle and fight, my boys, and jump from anywhere
W:Oh, ’tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.
W:
W:3. As me and my companions was setting four or five
W:And taking them all up again, we caught a hare alive
W:We caught a hare alive, my boys, and through the woods did steer
W:Oh, ’tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.
W:
W:4. I threw him over my shoulder, boys, and then we went for home
W:I sold him to a gentleman for the price of half a crown
W:For the price of half a crown my boys but I will not tell you where
W:Oh, ’tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.
W:
W:Bad luck to every magistrate in famous Lincolnshire
W:Success to every poacher that wants to sell a hare
W:Bad luck to every gamekeeper that will not sell a deer
W:Oh, ’tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.