[There Was a Little Bird]

[ A ]

Oh, there was a little bird
And he shit a little turd
	Upon my granny's threshold.
He stretched his neck
And he shit about a peck
	Before he closed his asshole.

	From William Bigford's repertoire, courtesy of Paul Gifford. 

[ B]

There was a little bird
And he shit a little turd,
And he flew over into the garden,
And he stretched his little neck
And he shit about a peck,
And then flew across the River Jordan.

	This variant, from the Larson, "Barnyard" collection (p. 41, No. 4), suggests an alternate melody, a hymn tune.