1. D'ye ken John Peel 
     with his coat so gay?
   D'ye ken John Peel
     at the break o' the day,
   D'ye ken John Peel
     when he's far, far away
   With his hound and his horns 
     in the morning?

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   For the sound of his horn 
     brought me from my bed,
   And the cry of the hounds
     which he oft-times led;
   Oh, Peels view halloo!
     would awaken the dead,
   Or the fox from his lair in the morning.

2. Yes I ken John Peel and Ruby too,
   And Ranter and Royal 
     and Bellman and True;
   From a find to a check,
     from a check to a view,
   From a view to a death in the morning.

3. D'ye ken John Peel 
     with his coat so gay?
   He lived at Troutbeck once on a day;
   But now he has gone 
     far away, far away,
   We shall ne'er hear his voice 
     in the morning.