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John Peel was UK's longest serving DJ on BBC Radio 1. He died suddenly on 25/10/2004 and has become a cult figure. The song "Do ye ken John Peel" was written in the mid 19th Century and is about a Cumberland farmer who hunted with hounds in his area. No connection with John Peel the DJ.

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This is actually a line from the 19th century song "D'ye ken John Peel" (Do You Ken John Peel and Do Ye Ken John Peel).The popular verse goes like this :D'ye ken John Peel with his coat so gay?D'ye ken John Peel at the break o' day?D'ye ken John Peel when he's far, far a-way.With his hounds and his horn in the morning?ChorusFor the sound of his horn brought me from my bed,And the cry of his hounds which he oftime led,Peel's "View, Halloo!" could awaken the dead,Or the fox from his lair in the morning.


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