Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales

by Jonathan Ceredig Davies

O I do not know, says Festel to Fose;

To shoot the cutty wren, said John the Red Nose,

To shoot the cutty wren, said John the Red Nose.

“O what will you shoot her with? says Milder to Melder,

O what will you shoot her with? says the younger to the elder

O I cannot tell, says Festel to Fose;

With bows and arrows, said John the Red Nose,

With bows and arrows, said John the Red Nose.

“O that will not do! says Milder to Melder,

O that will not do says the younger to the elder;