D     G
D     A
D     G
D  A  D

[Chorus]

  D                            G
I wish I was hunting where the wild ducks run
        D                                 A
And the rabbits and the pheasants and the hares
   D                          G
Or searching for a fox in the ferns and the rocks
      D                 A               D
And I wouldn't give you tuppence for my cares

[Verse 1]

     D                             G
On a fine, sunny morning, with the dew upon the grass
        D                        A
And the mist lying soft upon the hill
        D                            G
I would ramble through the bog, just myself and the dog
       D              A            D
And go fishing in the river by the mill

[Chorus]

  D                            G
I wish I was hunting where the wild ducks run
        D                                 A
And the rabbits and the pheasants and the hares
   D                          G
Or searching for a fox in the ferns and the rocks
      D                 A               D
And I wouldn't give you tuppence for my cares

[Verse 2]

          D                             G
There are trout in the river, there are salmon there as well
    D                             A
And sometimes the long and slippy eels
        D                                 G
And the meadows would be ringing with the sweet larks singing
        D                A              D
And the people out there working in the fields

[Chorus]

  D                            G
I wish I was hunting where the wild ducks run
        D                                 A
And the rabbits and the pheasants and the hares
   D                          G
Or searching for a fox in the ferns and the rocks
      D                 A               D
And I wouldn't give you tuppence for my cares

[Verse 3]

       D                             G
In the merry month of June, when the whins are in bloom
        D                                A
And the dusk begins to fall at half past ten
       D                           G
If you walked a mile or so and you knew just where to go
          D                A             D
You could find them making poteen in the glen

[Chorus]

  D                            G
I wish I was hunting where the wild ducks run
        D                                 A
And the rabbits and the pheasants and the hares
   D                          G
Or searching for a fox in the ferns and the rocks
      D                 A               D
And I wouldn't give you tuppence for my cares

[Verse 4]

       D                          G
In the month of October, when the weather's turning cold
        D                            A
And the yellow autumn stubble on the ground
          D                            G
There are bright window lights burning holes in the night
        D            A            D
And the fiddle music ringing all around

[Chorus]

  D                            G
I wish I was hunting where the wild ducks run
        D                                 A
And the rabbits and the pheasants and the hares
   D                          G
Or searching for a fox in the ferns and the rocks
      D                 A               D
And I wouldn't give you tuppence for my cares