The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #800 Message #2193162
Posted By: Celtaddict
13-Nov-07 - 08:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: In a Cabin in the Woods
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In a Cabin in the Woods
I learned it from my (Scot, living in Kansas City MO) grandmother; we sang
Little cottage in the wood
[outline cottage with fingers]
Little man by the window stood
[shade eyes with hand and look around]
'Long came a rabbit hopping by
['bunny ears' hand bouncing by]
Knocking at the door
[fist knocking]
"Help me! Help me! Help me!" he said
[hands together, pleading]
"'Fore the hunter shoots me dead!"
[make gun of two hands]
"Come on in," the little man said
['come here' gesture]
"Warm up by the fire."
[rub hands together as if warming]
First verse straight through; next time, first line silent, just movement, rest sung; second time, first two lines silent, until by the eighth time through, the whole thing is silent, just hand movements.