Hunting the Cutty Wren - Mrs Ackroyd Band (1990) With Lyrics

A hilarious parody of the English traditional song The Cutty Wren (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Wren). New lyrics by Les Barker, with lead vocals by noted folksingers June Tabor and Martin Carthy. Carthy's wife and daughter are part of the backup ensemble. From the 1990 album Oranges and Lemmings.

I do not own the rights to this recording, which is provided for reference. (Buy the album, it's great! http://www.mrsackroyd.com/Oranges-&-Lemmings.html) See https://www.discogs.com/The-Mrs-Ackroyd-Band-Oranges-and-Lemmings/release/6999386

Lyrics

Where are going, said Milder to Moulder
Where are you going, oh where do you go?
I’m off to the forest, said Moulder to Milder
I’m off to the forest all in the deep snow

Why are you going? said Milder to Moulder
Why are you going with all of these men?
You nosy old bleeder, said Moulder to Milder
You nosy old bleeder, we’re hunting the wren

Two dozen hunters? said Milder to Moulder
Yet you never catch one, won’t you tell me how?
It’s a bloody small target, said Moulder to Milder
It’s a bloody small target, you stupid old cow

Then why do you do it? said Milder to Moulder
Why do you do it, said the whining old voice
I know it sounds silly, said Moulder to Milder
It’s an old Pagan custom, and we’ve got no choice

Would you walk in the forest? said Milder to Moulder
Will you walk in the forest like an old Pagan man?
We’ll go in my motor, said Moulder to Milder
I’ve got a Toyota, it’s a four-wheel-drive van

Where have you been? said Milder to Moulder
Where have you been, won’t you tell to me?
Hunting the wren, said Moulder to Milder
Hunting the wren, has your memory gone?

Pray have you got one? said Milder to Moulder
Pray have you got one? Please tell, I’m all ears
Yes we’re enraptured, said Moulder to Milder
It’s the first one we’ve captured for two thousand years.

Where did you catch it? said Milder to Moulder
Where did you catch it? Oh pray tell to me
We got it at Safeway, said Moulder to Milder
We got it at Safeway for fifty-five pea

It’s not very big though, said Milder to Moulder
Won’t need much stuffing, I don’t see the sense
Of course it’s not big though, said Moulder to Milder
It’s one of the salient features of wrens

You should’ve got a chicken, said Milder to Moulder
A chicken or a turkey or maybe a joint
We should’ve got CHICKEN? said Moulder to Milder
You silly old woman, you’re missing the point

So why hunt the wren then? said Milder to Moulder
Why hunt the wren then, if it’s such a small thing?
It’s an old Pagan custom, said Moulder to Milder
And hunting the sausage don’t have the same ring

Where are you going? said Milder to Moulder
Where are you going? said Milder again
Off to the Arndale, said Moulder to Milder
To open a shop called Kentucky Fried Wren

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