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| “A-Hunting We Will Go” | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1777 |
| Composer(s) | Thomas Augustine Arne |
“A-Hunting We Will Go” is a popular folk song and nursery rhyme composed in 1777 by English composer Thomas Arne. Arne had composed the song for a 1777 production of The Beggar’s Opera in London.
The a- is an archaic intensifying prefix; compare “Here We Come A-wassailing/Here We Come A-caroling” and lyrics to “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (e.g., “Six geese a-laying”).