Nancy Kerr 2010
Written mostly while in Australia, Nancy initially was intending to sing it herself but uponhearing it in James’ voice she begrudgingly acknowledged it worked well as a “James song”
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: https://kerrfagan.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-the-fox-2
https://kerrfagan.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-the-fox-2
Chorus: I am the fox and I’ll tell you true What your hounds do think of me and I of you When lavish scraps fall no longer from your knee He will slip his rope and we will brothers be You masters all in fine sheets at night Dreaming of your dinners rich and pennies bright When you awake, raging naked to the air You will find your coffers stripped and cupboards bare Then comes a day when the trumpet sounds And the hunter hears no howl from fox or hound Then he who owns every army in the land Will have to go with bowl a-begging in his hand On yonder vale where the snow lies bare Winter winds will hide our scent from hart and hare Then fox and hound, bound no more by slavery Will bare their fangs and bite the hand of poverty