Tom: Am Am He was a fine upstanding bantam cock, Am So brisk and stiff and spry, G F Em With springy step and jaunty plume E Am And a purposeful look in his eye, E Am In his little black laughing eye, [Verse] Am I took him to the coop and introduced him Am To my seventeen wide-eyed hens. G F Em He tupped and he tupped as a hero tups E Am And he bowed to them all, and then E Am He upped and he tupped 'em all again, he did. [Verse] Am And then upon the peace of me ducks and me geese Am He boldly did intrude. G F Em With glazed eyes and open mouths E Am They bore it all with fortitude E Am And a little bit of gratitude, they did. [Verse] Am He jumped my giggling guinea fowl Am He thrust his attentions upon G F Em My twenty hysterical turkeys and E Am A visiting migrant swan. E Am But the bantam thundered on, he did. [Verse] Am He groped me fan-tailed pigeons and Am Me lily-white columbine, G F Em And as I was locking up the budgerigar E Am He jumped my parrot from behind; E Am Who was sitting on me shoulder at the time. [Verse] Am But all of a sudden with a gasp and a gulp Am He clapped his hands to his head, G F Em Fell flat on his back with his feet in the air. E Am My bantam cock lay dead E Am And the vultures circled overhead. [Verse] Am What a noble beast; what a champion cock; Am What a way to live and to die. G F Em I was diggin' him a grave to protect his bones E Am From the hungry buzzards in the sky E Am When the bantam opened up a sly little eye. [Verse] Am He gave me a wink and a terrible grin Am The way that rapists do. G F Em He said, 'You see them silly daft buggers up there? E Am They'll be down in a minute or two; E Am They'll be down in a minute or two.'