I don't know who wrote this parody, but I heard it at Portland song Circle:

I hate to rise when the sun she rises Early in the morning I hate to hear the small birds singing Merrily along the (dum dee dum -- word we just discussed) Oh, I hate the life of a country boy Who's allergic to the new mown hay.

(Teresa Morgan does a great straight version on *If Fish Could Sing*.)

-- MA