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Thread #45260   Message #668870
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
14-Mar-02 - 04:05 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Children's song-My Bird Is Dead
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children's song
Remember this from Scout camp fires in The Netherlands, sung as a round, with only the first verse.
My cock is dead, My cock is dead,
My cock is dead, my cock is dead,
He will sing no more, cock o dee, cock o da,
He will sing no more, cock o dee, cock o da,
He will sing no more, cock o dee, cock o da,
.
Then others joined in, starting as each line ended.
Then it was suggested that each group render it in their own language.
The Dutch was something like
Mae haan is doet
Ne he hit mer zimmer cock o dee cock o da

As the camp had Dutch, English, German, French, Algerian, Welsh, Belgian, Argentinian & American members, this got a little out of hand!