The Cutty Wren
Oh where are you going said Milder to Moulder
Oh we may not tell you said Festel to Fose
We're off to the woods said John
the Red Nose
We're off to the woods said John the Red Nose
And what
will you do there said Milder to Moulder
We'll shoot the Cutty wren said John
the Red Nose
And how will you shoot her said Milder to Moulder
With bows
and with arrows said John the Red Nose
Oh that will not do said Milder
to Moulder
Oh what will you do then said Festel to Fose
Great guns and
great cannon said John the Red Nose
Great guns and great cannon said John
the Red Nose
And how will you fetch her said Milder to Moulder
Oh
we may not tell you said Festel to Fose
On four strong men's shoulders said
John the Red Nose
On four strong men's shoulders said John the Red Nose
Ah that will not do said Milder to Moulder
Oh what will do then said
Festel to Fose
Great carts and great wagons said John the Red Nose
Great
carts and great wagons said John the Red Nose
Oh how will you cut her
up said Milder to Moulder
With knives and with forks said John the Red Nose
Oh that will not do said Milder to Moulder
Great hatchets and cleavers said
John the Red Nose
Oh how will you boil her said Milder to Moulder
In pots and in kettles said John the Red Nose
O that will not do said Milder
to Moulder
Great pans and large cauldrons said John the Red Nose
Oh who'll get the spare ribs said Milder to Moulder
Oh we may not tell you
said Festel to Fose
We'll give 'em all to the poor said John the Red Nose
We'll give 'em all to the poor said John the Red Nose
Notes
An
English song that dates from the 1381 Peasant's Revolt. The Cutty Wren represents
the feudal landlord who not only owned the land but the peasants who worked it.
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