The Bantam Cock Chords & Lyrics - The Corries

[VERSE]

[Am]He was a fine upstanding bantam cock,
[Am]So brisk and stiff and spry,
[G]With springy s[F]tep and jaunty[Em] plume
[E]And a purposeful look in [Am]his eye,
I[E]n his little black laugh[Am]ing eye,

[VERSE]
[Am]I took him to the coop and introduced him
[Am]To my seventeen wide-eyed hens.
[G]He tupped a[F]nd he tupped [Em]as a hero tups
[E]And he bowed to them all, an[Am]d then
[E]He upped and he tupped 'em all [Am]again, he did.

[VERSE]
[Am]And then upon the peace of me ducks and me geese
[Am]He boldly did intrude.
[G]With glazed ey[F]es and open m[Em]ouths
[E]They bore it all with fort[Am]itude
[E]And a little bit of gratitud[Am]e, they did.

[VERSE]
[Am]He jumped my giggling guinea fowl
[Am]He thrust his attentions upon
[G]My twenty hy[F]sterical turke[Em]ys and
[E]A visiting migrant[Am] swan.
[E]But the bantam thundered[Am] on, he did.

[VERSE]
[Am]He groped me fan-tailed pigeons and
[Am]Me lily-white columbine,
[G]And as I was lo[F]cking up the bud[Em]gerigar
[E]He jumped my parrot from[Am] behind;
[E]Who was sitting on me shoulder [Am]at the time.

[VERSE]
[Am]But all of a sudden with a gasp and a gulp
[Am]He clapped his hands to his head,
[G]Fell flat on his [F]back with his feet in[Em] the air.
[E]My bantam cock la[Am]y dead
[E]And the vultures circled o[Am]verhead.

[VERSE]
[Am]What a noble beast; what a champion cock;
[Am]What a way to live and to die.
[G]I was diggin' him[F] a grave to protect hi[Em]s bones
[E]From the hungry buzzards in [Am]the sky
[E]When the bantam opened up a sly[Am] little eye.

[VERSE]
[Am]He gave me a wink and a terrible grin
[Am]The way that rapists do.
[G]He said, 'You see them[F] silly daft bugger[Em]s up there?
T[E]hey'll be down in a minut[Am]e or two;
[E]They'll be down in a minut[Am]e or two.'