the little red rooster

I used to know this song when I was a child, and it's been clattering around my head for days, so here's my best effort to get it out (by memory):

I had some chickens
No eggs would they lay
I had some chickens
No eggs would they lay
My girl said honey
It just ain't funny
They eat like the dickens (those chickens)
But no eggs will they lay

One day that rooster
Got into the yard
Caught those chickens
Offa their guard
They're laying eggs now
just like they used ta
ever since that rooster (rooster!)
Got into the yard

I had some pheasants
But they wouldn't fly
I had some pheasants
But they wouldn't fly
The shoot said please sir
We're on our knees sire
But those damn pheasants
They just wouldn't fly

One day that rooster
Got into the yard
Caught those pheasants
Offa their guard
They're up in the sky now
They're flying high now
ever since that rooster (rooster!)
Got into the yard

I had a flock of sheep
But they wouldn't grow wool
had a flock of sheep
But they wouldn't grow wool
I had a spinning wheel
Made of wood and steel
But that flock of sheep
It just wouldn't grow wool

One day that rooster
Got into the yard
Caught those baa-lambs
Offa their guard
Now I'm in high in the heathers
Cause they're growing feathers
ever since that rooster (rooster!)
Got into the yard

I had some elephants
No tusks would they grow
I had some elephants
No tusks would they grow
I gave them haycocks
With beer and peanuts
But those damn elephants
No tusks would they grow

One day that rooster
Got into the yard
Caught those elephants
Offa their guard
They're laying eggs now
Of pure ivory
ever since that rooster (rooster!)
Got into the yard

(and it goes on)