Morris Medley

Albion Country Band

Morris Medley:
Mouresque/London Pride/So Selfish Runs the Hare/
Maid of the Mill/Sheriff's Ride

This medley of five Morris tunes was recorded in 1973 for the album
Martin Carthy sings the tune in the middle, So Selfish Runs the Hare.


Oh, so selfish runs the hare
And so cunning runs the fox.
Who would think this little calf
Would grow to a noble ox?
To live among the briars
And to run among the thorns,
And die the death that his father did
With a large pair of horns.

Chorus:

Horns, large horns,
Horns, large horns,
And die the death that his father did
With a large pair of horns

[Trad. arr. Simon Nicol / Martin Carthy / Ashley Hutchings]