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lyrics

It's a damn rough life when you're hunting snipe with friends who insist that you roam.
And they don't give a damn how you fuss or you whine or you tell them that you want to go home.
They will haul your ass through the mud and the grass in their search for elusive quarry,
And they'll lie through their teeth while you're lost on the heath,
Hunting snipe at 2:30.

Hunting snipe at 2:30, me lads, hunting snipe at 2:30.
Yes they'll lie through their teeth while you're lost on the heath,
Hunting snipe at 2:30.

There's a gal named Gale and her brother named Dale and their cousin who's name is Ned;
There's Bob and there's Frank and there's Bubba and Tank, and some guy with a coon on his head.
See them laugh and jeer as they drink their beer and make fun of New Jersey,
Then they're off on the trail of a mythical quail, hunting snipe at 2:30.

Hunting snipe at 2:30, me lads, hunting snipe at 2:30.
Yes they're off on the trail of a mythical quail
Hunting snipe at 2:30.

It's here and it's there and it's everywhere, even though it does not exist.
Your clothes are soaked and you're ready to croak like the frogs that you hear in the mist.
While you're friends nearby who are perfectly dry stand and laugh at your misery.
You'd be better off in bed, with a hole in your head, than hunting snipe at 2:30.

Hunting snipe at 2:30, me lads, hunting snipe at 2:30.
You'd be better off dead with a hole in your head,
Don't hunt snipe at 2:30.

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from Something This Way Filker Comes, released April 2, 2012
Cecil Grubbs played the part of the other snipe hunter for the intro. Thanks to Dave Clement for the portable recorder used for the location tracks.

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Pete Grubbs Brookville, Pennsylvania

I started performing music when I was 6, turned pro at 20ish & spent well over 30 years tracking down as many gigs a month as possible. While those days are behind me, I'm still making calculated noise. My music lives where rock, classical, folk, blues & parody hang out. Oddly enough, one of their favorite haunts appears to be in collections of my songs--you'll find a bit of each on every track. ... more

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