{"id":44433,"date":"2020-02-25T15:10:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=44433"},"modified":"2020-02-25T15:10:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:10:36","slug":"she-gets-my-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/02\/she-gets-my-goat\/","title":{"rendered":"She gets my goat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being in the forest<br \/>\nIs the life for me<br \/>\nUp there in the mountain passes<br \/>\nIt\u2019s where I like to be<br \/>\nFleet of foot breathing hard<br \/>\nClimbing over rocks<br \/>\nNibbling the greenery<br \/>\nThe dandelions and docks<br \/>\nThe mountain air it fills my lungs<br \/>\nWith everything that\u2019s good<br \/>\nIt keeps my eyes alive<br \/>\nAnd seeing everything I should<br \/>\nThe eagle and the cougar<br \/>\nAnd the hunters who<br \/>\nCreep about in camouflage<br \/>\nA nice fat buck to view<\/p>\n<p>They are the scourge of wildness<br \/>\nAn affliction I can say<br \/>\nAnd now there are women at it<br \/>\nHigh powered rifles far away<br \/>\nAll we see is sunlit glints<br \/>\nAnd possibly we hear<br \/>\nThe bullet leave the barrel<br \/>\nAnd already it is here<br \/>\nA nagging pain a bitterness<br \/>\nForeboding it\u2019s out there<br \/>\nThese so called human hunters<br \/>\nRiches everywhere<br \/>\nBig trucks lots of equipment<br \/>\nEvery sort of thing<br \/>\nThey don\u2019t have jobs to go to<br \/>\nFor them it\u2019s just a fling<\/p>\n<p>Go and kill the wildlife<br \/>\nCut them down and run<br \/>\nWatch the wildlife suffer<br \/>\nRot out in the sun<br \/>\nFreedom was the buzzword<br \/>\nThis is what we do<br \/>\nWe are the free spirits<br \/>\nWatching twats like you<br \/>\nA mountain goat that\u2019s me folks<br \/>\nTrying to stay clear<br \/>\nFirst it was the hunting men<br \/>\nNow it\u2019s those I fear<br \/>\nDressed in all the camouflage<br \/>\nSilver tights and all<br \/>\nWith first rate bloody rifles<br \/>\nAnd don\u2019t they think that are cool<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all social media driven<br \/>\nPictures on Facebook<br \/>\nLook at all my victims<br \/>\nAnd the joints that we all cook<br \/>\nThen thenThey  are after antlers<br \/>\nPossibly a head or two<br \/>\nTo hang it in their trophy room<br \/>\nThat\u2019s is what they do<br \/>\nTo be a wild mountain goat<br \/>\nIn this day and age<br \/>\nWith all the paraphernalia of the hunters page<br \/>\nall sorts of ammunition<br \/>\nCross bows and the like<br \/>\nLures and every conceivable trick<br \/>\nAnd then of course the hike<\/p>\n<p>Of course some of us fall foul<br \/>\nTo the high powered rifle game<br \/>\nOfcourse our eyes are everywhere<br \/>\nAnd the scent to does inflame<br \/>\nUs all but we just have to take our chances<br \/>\nWhere we can<br \/>\nAnd hope to god the women hunters<br \/>\nIt don\u2019t go to plan<\/p>\n<p>For them it\u2019s about glamour<br \/>\nIt\u2019s all puffery<br \/>\nThey are just shag bunnies<br \/>\nOut for the infamy<br \/>\nOf murdering some wildlife<br \/>\nImagining then men<br \/>\nWill reckon them and join in<br \/>\nHunting parties when<\/p>\n<p>Subtlety and slipperiness<br \/>\nSmoke filled rooms and more<br \/>\nWe really must work higher<br \/>\nIn the mountains where there is more<br \/>\nSpace depend on lichens<br \/>\nAnd just keep well away<br \/>\nFrom where the ladies rifles are<br \/>\nOn any given day<\/p>\n<p>Mud and slime and ice and snow<br \/>\nAnd heavy rain they will not go<br \/>\nIt\u2019s fashion time in  tights and shoes<br \/>\nHunting women sing the blues<br \/>\nSocial media now we must<br \/>\nNot be the victim in the dust<br \/>\nStay ahead and hopefully<br \/>\nThis hunting tribe will hopefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being in the forest Is the life for me Up there in the mountain passes It\u2019s where I like to be Fleet of foot breathing hard Climbing over rocks Nibbling the greenery The dandelions and docks The mountain air it &hellip; 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