Fox In The Hold (A Sea Adventure) (A T.I.V. Original Folktale 690 Followers Party)

[Violin Intro] [Verse 1] At Limerick port at dusk, a fox on a coil of rope slipped past the dockside dogs with a glinting grin and hope He padded through the dark to the merchant ship’s dark hold where sacks of salt and tea sat stacked like hills of gold [Pre-Chorus] He smelled the herring brine and the pitch in the boards Then the sailors sighed and the anchor was hauled aboard [Chorus] Fox in the hold, fox in the hold Sly little guy hiding in the cold Fox in the hold, fox in the hold Bound for a shore where the palms unfold [Verse 2] Three nights he rode below by lantern shake and sway He stole a heel of bread and the captain’s apple, brave The crew laughed at the rain and the fox kept to his nook With whiskers full of spice and a tail red as flame [Instrumental] [Pre-Chorus] Then the wind turned warm and the ropes began to sing A sugar-scented dawn woke every sleeping thing [Chorus] Fox in the hold, fox in the hold Sly little guy hiding in the cold Fox in the hold, fox in the hold Bound for a shore where the palms unfold [Bridge] When the anchor dropped at last in a bay of shining blue He jumped to the blank and blinked at a tropical island vast Red birds flared above and fruit hung low on trees He laughed at the foam and vanished through the leaves [Final Chorus] Fox in the hold, fox in the hold No longer in the cold Fox in the hold, fox in the hold Now he runs where the palms unfold Fox in the hold, fox in the hold Traded the dark for a world of gold Fox in the hold, fox in the hold King of the coast on a tropical shore