Coming out into the day and all that I can see   Is the red and white of the King's army   I'll meet with them among the pine   I'll meet with them by noon   The dirge will sound on the morrow's noon   I was not born into this time   To cleave the soil or work the mine   I came to claim my enemy   And be the fox's destiny   I follow on in silence with a quiet heart in fear   I will be done before the dawn if I'm found here   I stand up as he passes and the time has come at last   The prey goes down at the metals crash   I was not born into this time   To cleave the soil or work the mine   I came to claim my enemy   And be the fox's destiny   Kidnapped in the dead of night   I did no wrong, I will not fight   It was not me, I will not run   But I believe in what was done   John, John, there's something wrong   The guns are found and the fox is gone   John, John, before too long   It will be me they hang it on   So send me off to the colony shore   Or send me where I'll laugh no more   I will tell none of what I know   Let the hunter walk where need must go   John, John, there's something wrong   The guns are found and the fox is gone   John, John, before too long   It will be me they hang it on   I will tell none of what I know   Let the hunter walk where need must go   John, John, before too long   It will be me they hang this on