Lyr Add: The Parrot Song (And the Parrot Said)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE PARROT SONG (And the Parrot Said)
From: Jack Horntip
Date: 10 Jun 23 - 01:59 PM

AND THE PARROT SAID

I lingered by a cottage door,
And a parrot said "come in, come in,"
And a parrot said "come in,"
The door was open, I walked in,
And i was standing there,
A maiden with a dimple chin,
A combing her black hair, black hair,
A combing her black hair,...
A great surpise was in her eyes,
But still she did not frown,
And as I smiled at that dear child,
The parrot said, "sit down, sit down,"
And the parrot said, "sit down."

I sat down in her father chair,
And the parrot said "kiss her, kiss her,"
And the parrot said, "kiss her,"
And the maiden did not speak
Says I, by Jove I will,
The blush which mantled to her cheek,
Made her more lovely still, still, still,
Made her more lovely still,...
And as in haste I grasped her waist,
She cried out, no, no no!
It was so nice I kissed her twice
And the parrot said, "let go, let go,"
And the parrot said, "let go,"...

Her father then came rushing in,
And the parrot said "sneak out, sneak out,"
And the parrot said, "sneak out,"
Here father's voice was like a rasp,
And swearing he began,
Then I experienced the grasp,
The grasp of an honest man, man, man,
The grasp of an honest man,....
He hit two blows upon my nose,
I feel them to this day,
As out I flew, he kicked me to,
And the parrot said, "good-day, good-day,"
And the parrot said, "good-day,"...
 

From the 1894 song "And the Parrot Said" by Percy Paxton. See sheet music online here:

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-05c7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Subject: Lyr Add: THE PARROT SONG (And the Parrot Said)
From: Jack Horntip
Date: 10 Jun 23 - 11:10 AM

THE PARROT SONG
(Sung many years ago by Grandfather Talbot; obtained from Uncle Andy at Malad [Idaho])

As I lingered by a cottage door,
With a kind of silly grin, <= Added by collector
Listening to a maiden's song, <= Added by collector
The parrot said, "Come in, come in!"
The parrot said, "Come in!"

I walked inside the cottage room,
And I saw standing there
A maiden with a dimpled ching
A-combing her black hair, black hair,
A-combing her back hair.

Great surprise was in her eyes,
And yet she did not frown;
And as I smiled at that dear child,
The parrot said, "Sit down, sit down!"
THe parrot said, "Sit down!"

I sat down in the cottage chair,
Beside her little sister; <= Added by collector
And as she combed her long black hair, <= Added by collector
The parrot said, "Kiss her, kiss here!"
The parrot said, "Kiss her!"

The maiden smiled, and so did I-- <= Added by collector
She was pretty enough to kill; <= Added by collector
And as the girl made no reply,
Said I, "By Jove, I will, I will!"
Said I, "By Jove, I will!"

But as in haste I grabbed her waist,
She cried out, "Oh, no, no!" <= Added by collector
It was so nice I kissed her twice-- <= Added by collector
Then the parrot said, "Let go, let go!" <= Added by collector
Then the parrot said, "Let go!"

Her father then came rushing in
With a very angry shout; <= Added by collector
I took my arms from around her waist <= Added by collector
When the parrot said, "Sneak out, sneak out!"
when the parrot said, "Sneak out!"

The maiden moaned and dropped her comb <= Added by collector
As through the door I ran; <= Added by collector
But at the gate I knew my fate, <= Added by collector
For I felt the grip of an honest man,
Of an honest, honest man!"

He gave me two blow upon the nose
That I feel to this very day;
And out I flew--he kicked me, too!
And the parrot said, "Good day, good day!"
And the parrot said, "Good day!"

N.B. I secured this poem originally in incomplete form, and since that time have been unable to find anyone familiar with it. In order to give it sequence I have added the missing parts out of my imagination. For the benefit of authenticity I shall enumerate the lines not of my own composing: 1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,19,20,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,34,35,40,41,42,43,44,45... Kenneth Larson.
 

Pg 35, Songs and Ballads: Folk Material and Old Favorites, undated [c1933].
 

See online here:

https://archive.org/details/1933-1972jameskennethlarson/page/n34/mode/1up