CUTTY WREN



Where are you going said Millda to Molda,

Where are you going oh where do you go?

I'm off to the forest said Molda to Millda,

I'm off to the forest all in the deep south.



Why are you going says Millda to Molda,

Why are you going with all of these men?

You nosy old bleeder said Molda to Millda,

You nosy old bleeder we're hunting the wren.



Two dozen hunters says Millda to Molda,

Yet you never catch one won't you tell me how?

Its a bloody small target said Molda to Millda,

Its a bloody small target you stupid old cow.



Then why do you do it says Millda to Molda,

Why do you do it says the wining old voice.

I know it sound silly said Molda to Millda,

Its an old a pagan custom and we got no choice.



Would you walk in the forest says Millda to Molda,

Would you walk in the forest like an old pagan man?

We'll go in my motor said Molda to Millda,

I've got a Toyota its a four wheel drive van.



Where have you been says Millda to Molda,

Where have you been won't you tell me?

Hunting the wren said Molda to Millda,

Hunting the wren has your memory gone?



Pray have you got one says Millda to Molda,

Pray have you got one please tell I'm all ears.

Yes we're enraptured said Molda to Millda,

Its the first one we've captured for two thousand years,



Where did you catch it says Millda to Molda,

Where did you catch it pray tell to me.

We got it at Safeway said Molda to Millda,

We got it at Safeway for 55 p.



Its not very big though says Millda to Molda,

We won't need much stuffing I don't see the sense.

Of course its not big though said Molda to Millda,

Its one of the salient features of wrens.



You should have got a chicken says Millda to Molda,

A chicken or a turkey or maybe a joint.

We should have got a chicken said Molda to Millda,

You silly old woman you're missing the point.



So why hunt the wren then says Millda to Molda,

Why hunt the wren then if its such a small thing?

Its and old pagan custom said Molda to Millda,

And hunting the sausage don't have the same ring .



Where are you going says Millda to Molda,

Where are you going says Millda again.

Off to the Arndale said Molda to Millda,

To open a shop called Kentucky fried wren.



Made popular by the late Percy 'Stupid' Sedgwick

last of the very thin Baroldswick wren hunters

@parody @ritual @animal @bird @wren

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