Bristol Folk Festival 2012

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Red Fred went with a hired gun
unloaded it into the sun
he got the sky but he missed the Bird
Bossman Hunch was deeply disturbed

he said to Fats on Saturday,
“The air is hot, the Bird got away.”
Fat City left him cold and thin
his last words were, “The Bird can’t swim.”

with nets of steel just like his nerves
upon the bridge he met the Bird
above the river he made his try
but he forgot the Bird could fly

on Sunday Jack Knife named his price
but from a distance he backed down twice
with two rounds lost, he was down in the third
face to face against the bird

so Bossman sent Pigboy the Clown
with Chauffeur Mule to drive him down
at a hundred and twenty they followed the Bird
but they never made around Dead Man’s Curve.

Bossman Hunch said to the Bird
those killers got what they deserved
stringing up the other three
on Monday morning the Bird was free

have you heard the word : Bird lives

December 1968 Regal Zonophone (EMI) SLRZ 1010)

Tucker Zimmerman – vocals, 12-string guitar, harmonica, piano, harpsichord, melotron
Tony Visconti – electric bass, 6-string Spanish guitar
Shawn Phillips – sitar, electric guitar
Rick Wakeman – organ
Aynsley Dunbar – drums