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"The Pheasant Plucker" - from live gig

by Barb Biffle as Heartland Tales & Tunes

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Originally written by a traveling minstrel in England who happened on to a Pheasant Plucking Contest in a small village. He was so taken with the contest he wrote the song! It's a WICKED tongue twister!

My first try at this in front of a live audience. Done at Deer Springs Winery, Sunday, February, 18, 2024.

I tried it as a poem first. Will do as a song next time.

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LYRICS:

My Dad’s a pheasant plucker, he’s a very busy man
So I help him plucking pheasants, and I do the best I can
Sometimes he will go away and leave me on my own
So I’m left here sitting plucking all the pheasants all alone

I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s son
And I’m only plucking pheasants till the pheasant plucker comes

My husband like to pluck with me; we have a lot of fun
And he tickles me with pheasant feathers when the pluckings done
The laughing and the giggling helps to keep me fit and trim
And there’s nothing I would rather do than pheasant pluck with him

I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the fez-ant plucker’s wife
And when we pluck together it’s a pheasant plucking life

My son’s a FEZ-ant plucker and he’s very good to me
He frequently invites me round to have a cup of tea
We have FEZ-ant plucking parties and play pheasant plucking games
And before we pluck the pheasants we will give them silly names

I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s mother
And a mother plucking pheasants is as good as any other

My cousin is a pheasant plucker; he’s the best I’ve ever seen
I’m no good at plucking pheasants, I really am quite green
But he could pluck a buffalo, or even do a moose
While I have trouble getting down off eider, duck or goose.

I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s cousin
In the time it took to sing this song he plucked a half a dozen

Everybody in my family is a pheasant plucker, too.
If you like plucking pheasants, we might have a place for you.
So keep on plucking pheasants, 'til you pluck as fast as me.
Then quit your plucking job and join our plucking family.

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released February 18, 2024
Barb Biffle

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