As both masters exchanged greetings, the piper struck up "The Fox Chase," It may not be out of place to explain here that "The Fox Chase is an ancient lamentation to which re sung verses in Trish and English, reciting a conversation between a farmer and a fox on the latter having been detected steal: the farmers' "fine fat goose," From this dialogue between the farmer and the fox—known as "An Modhereen Roe," a descriptive piece of music was developed introducing the sounds of the chase—such as the ery of the hounds, the sounding of the horn, the tally-ho, the clang of the horses' hoofs, the death of the fox, and winding up with the fox-hunters' jig: an expression of satisfaction and delight at the result, When the piper interpreted the hounds in full ery in a most realistic fashion he was vociferously accompanied by the hounds, and as the great field moved off in the direction of the first covert, the music e pipes resounded along the and many members of the Hunt, as they jogged along, continued to sing "An Modhereen Roe,"
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