Well, it's not long. I'll do it now.


COCK-A-DOODLE-DO
(Walter Pardon, Knapton, Norfolk)

When walking out the other day, along Victoria Park
Along with a very old friend of mine, we went out for a lark
We saw a man a-selling fowls, he had a lovely stock
I gave him a half-crown, he handed me a...

Cock-a-doodle-do, cock-a-doodle-do,
Hickety, pickety, you know what, 'tis quite enough for you
Cock-a-doodle-do, cock-a-doodle-do,
Hickety, pickety, you know what, 'tis quite enough for you.

I put the old cock under my arm, a-walking along the street
Along with a very old friend of mine, my Judy I did meet
She put her arm around me and she gave me quite a shock
She put her hand right up my coat and then she got hold of my...

I took the old cock home with me, and I put him in a cage
Along with another old hen of mine, and they went in a rage
Some lady friends were passing by and thought it quite a lark
And one of them, she said to me, the hen had got hold of the...

Kind friends, what I am telling you is only a bit of chaff
The reason why I'm here tonight is just to make you laugh
And when I come this way again, I'll have a better stock
And just to please you, one and all, I'll show you all my...

Cock-a-doodle-do, cock-a-doodle-do,
Hickety, pickety, you know what, 'tis quite enough for you
Cock-a-doodle-do, cock-a-doodle-do,
Hickety, pickety, you know what, 'tis quite enough for you.


Walter Pardon, Put a Bit of Powder on it, Father: the other songs of Walter Pardon. Musical Traditions CD 203-6, 2000. The song is no.3464 in the Roud Folk Song Index.

There is also a transcription in Sam Richards & Tish Stubbs, The English Folksinger, and I'll add the tune later. "Surrey George", incidentally, sang the chorus more as you heard it than as in Walter's set.