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 "title": "Coon Hunting",
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 "poet": "James McIntyre",
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 "book": "Poems of James McIntyre",
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  "year": 1889,
  "venue": "Poems of James McIntyre (1889)",
  "note": "First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established.",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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  "last_checked": "2026-08-20"
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    "text": "Canadians oft by light of moon",
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    "text": "Love to go a hunting coon,",
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   {
    "text": "But this our tale it is no yarn,",
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    "text": "While chopping down tree Henry Karn",
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    "text": "Found therein a hollow chamber",
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    "text": "Full of coons who there did clamber,",
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   {
    "text": "It made them a home superior,",
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    "text": "Warm and snug in the interior.",
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   {
    "text": "And he did count therein eleven",
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   {
    "text": "Who long had found it a safe haven,",
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   {
    "text": "But it is sad to read their fate,",
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   {
    "text": "For out of them he slaughtered eight.",
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   {
    "text": "But trouble to him now occurs",
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    "text": "What shall he do with those fine furs,",
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    "text": "Shall he grand overcoat display",
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    "text": "Or make them into robe for sleigh.",
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