The Bubu Bird Lyrics & Chords By Ivor Cutler

He climbed the tallest spire To see what he could see Far across the town, they came One hundred and one and thick as a plank Onto the teeth and ugly as sin He called across...read more

Now we can talk in confidence Did you guess that we've been done wrong Lies jumped the queue to be first in line Such a shameless design He thinks he's well screened from...read more

Outside the take-away, Saturday night A bald adolescent, asks me out for a fight He was no bigger than a two-penny fart He was a deft exponent of the martial art He gave me three...read more

It was a grand upstanding bantam cock, So brisk and stiff and spry, With springy step and jaunty plume And a purposeful look in his eye, In his little black blinking eye, he...read more

Somewhere deep in the night There's a child on his own And his pulse isn't there And the house is aglow With the light from outside Well the house is aglow. ...read more