The Corries - The bantam cock

^AmHe was a fine upstanding bantam cock, ^AmSo brisk and stiff and spry, ^GWith springy s^Ftep and jaunty^Em plume ^EAnd a purposeful look in ^Amhis eye, I^En his little black laugh^Aming eye,

^AmI took him to the coop and introduced him ^AmTo my seventeen wide-eyed hens. ^GHe tupped a^Fnd he tupped ^Emas a hero tups ^EAnd he bowed to them all, an^Amd then ^EHe upped and he tupped 'em all ^Amagain, he did.

^AmAnd then upon the peace of me ducks and me geese ^AmHe boldly did intrude. ^GWith glazed ey^Fes and open m^Emouths ^EThey bore it all with fort^Amitude ^EAnd a little bit of gratitud^Ame, they did.

^AmHe jumped my giggling guinea fowl ^AmHe thrust his attentions upon ^GMy twenty hy^Fsterical turke^Emys and ^EA visiting migrant^Am swan. ^EBut the bantam thundered^Am on, he did.

^AmHe groped me fan-tailed pigeons and ^AmMe lily-white columbine, ^GAnd as I was lo^Fcking up the bud^Emgerigar ^EHe jumped my parrot from^Am behind; ^EWho was sitting on me shoulder ^Amat the time.

^AmBut all of a sudden with a gasp and a gulp ^AmHe clapped his hands to his head, ^GFell flat on his ^Fback with his feet in^Em the air. ^EMy bantam cock la^Amy dead ^EAnd the vultures circled o^Amverhead.

^AmWhat a noble beast; what a champion cock; ^AmWhat a way to live and to die. ^GI was diggin' him^F a grave to protect hi^Ems bones ^EFrom the hungry buzzards in ^Amthe sky ^EWhen the bantam opened up a sly^Am little eye.

^AmHe gave me a wink and a terrible grin ^AmThe way that rapists do. ^GHe said, 'You see them^F silly daft bugger^Ems up there? T^Ehey'll be down in a minut^Ame or two; ^EThey'll be down in a minut^Ame or two.'