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Thread #71277   Message #1218971
Posted By: GUEST
03-Jul-04 - 02:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: ...Funeral For My Hen...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ...Funeral For My Hen...
Sounds like it is related to related to My Bonnie Wee Hen.

And also this, found on a web site of Some Old Scottish Street Poetry:

Once ah had a wee broon hen
It had a wee broon tail
Ah sent it fur an ounce o' snuff
It never came back again
Noo it's deed and in its grave
Mony a year ago
God bless ma wee hen
It never came back again

Ah had a funeral
Fur ma wee hen
Ah had a funeral
Fur ladies and gentlemen
Ladies and gentlemen
Count to ten
God bless ma wee hen
It never came back again.