1. I am a bold undaunted fox That never was before on tramp My rent, rate and taxes I was willing for to pay I made my name in fine good land Between Tipperary and Ochlong Where my forefathers lived and died A thousand years or so. 2. But then of late I was betrayed By one who was a fool I know, He told me I should leave the place And show me face no more And soon as he evicted me I thought it time that I should flee So late one night I took his life And left him laying low. 3. But by telegraph they did insert A great reward for my arrest My figure, size and form, My name without mistake They broke their brogues, one thousand pairs This great reward for to obtain But still their search was all in vain For Farmer Michael Hayes. 4. They searched Tipperary o'er and o'er The corn fields near Baltimore They went across to Wexford then But they'd not long delay By Ballyhill and Stridmore Strand They searched the woods as they came on Till they were hungry, wet and cold At the approach of day.

5. Then round the coast they made a steer From Pulbeg lighthouse to Cape Clear Killarney town and the sweet Tralee They then crossed into Clare And when they landed on the shore They searched Kilrush from tip to toe They searched the baths near sweet Lisdoon Likewise Miltown Malbay. 6. And Galway being a place of fame They thought 'twas there I might remain But still their search was all in vain For I gave them all legbail They searched the train at Oranmore As she was starting for Drumore And every carriage, car and coach They met upon the road. 7. And Connemara being remote They thought that there I might resort When they were getting weary, They resolved to try Mayo In Swinford town as I sat down I heard a dreadful cry of hounds So I lay there in an manger, Till the approach of day. 8. Then to Dublin town I made my way And then to Cobh and Amerikay And left the hounds to search away For Farmer Michael Hayes And as the moon began to shine I thought I'd make a foreign clime Now I'm in the land of liberty, And fig for all my foes.

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