Oh he was a real beauty

A four by four mulee buck

I had been feeding him all summer

And I’d be eating him soon, with luck

 

I got my deer tag just for him

Way early in the fall

And I cleaned my gun and checked

To be sure nothing went wrong at all

 

Everyday I checked the meadow

And waited there to see

If he was still coming to feed

He’d surley belong to me

 

But something sinister

Was happening behind the scene

For Lil was getting her hunting license

It was to be like a bad dream

 

For I hadn’t told her

I hadn’t told anyone

I didn’t want any person

To somehow spoil my fun

 

I was gone very early

First day of hunting season

But he wasn’t there

And I wondered at the reason