Hunt Is Up The

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X:22                          % number
T:The Hunt Is Up             % title
C:Anon                       % composer
O:                           % origin.
M:6/4                        % meter
L:1/4                        % length of shortest note
Q:240                        % tempo
%%staves [ 1 2 3 4 ]
V:1 name="Soprano" sname="S." clef=treble                          % voice 1
V:2 name="Alto" sname="A." clef=treble
V:3 name="Tenor" sname="T." clef=treble-8
V:4 name="Bass" sname="B." clef=bass
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K:G                          % key
[V:1] d | G2 A B>c d | G2 A B>c d | c2 B A2 G    | A3-A2 A |
w:The hunt is up,_ the hunt is up,_ and it is well nygh day,_ and
[V:2] G | G2 F G>A B | G2 F G>A B | G2 G F2 G    | F3-F2 F |
[V:3] B | B2 d d2 d  | B2 d d2 d  | e2 d d2 B/c/ | d3-d2 d |
[V:4] g | g2 d g2 g  | g2 d G2 G  | c2 g d2 G    | d3-d2 d |
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[V:1] c-c c A>B c | B2 B G>A B | A2 G F>E F | G3-G2 |]
w:Har-ry our Kynge_ is gone hunt-ing to bring his deere_ to baye.
[V:2] A2 A E2 A   | G2 D D2 G  | F2 D D2 D  | D3-D2 |]
[V:3] e2 e c2 e   | d2 B B2 d  | d2 B A2 A  | B3-B2 |]
[V:4] a2 a A2 a   | g2 g G2 g  | d2 g d2 d  | G3-G2 |]
W:The East is bright with morning light,
W:And darknesse all is fled,
W:The merie horne wakes up the morne
W:To leve his idle bed.
W:
W:Behold the skyes with golden dyes
W:Are glowing all around;
W:The grasse is greene, so are the treene,
W:All laughing in the sound.
W:
W:The horses snort to be at the sport,
W:The dogges are running free;
W:The woodes rejoyce at the merie noise
W:Of Hey! Tan-ta-ra-tee-ree!
W:
W:The sunne is glad to see us clad
W:All in our lustie greene,
W:And smiles in the skye, as he riseth hye,
W:To see and to be seene.
W:
W:Awake, all men, I say agen,
W:Be merie as you may,
W:For Harry our Kynge is gone hunting
W:To bring his deere to baye.

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The Hunt Is Up             % title

Not sure who the original composer was, but the reference to "Harry the Kynge" makes a strong case that they lived during the Tudor era.