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I Am Just a Scarecrow

I am just a scarecrow
but my life is now quite dire,
they have decided this year
to put me on a fire.

Who is this chap named Guy Faulkes
I do not want to be him
I love to stand in my field
and scare upon a whim.

I'm very good at my job
I scare away the crows
and I didn't mind the robin 
who nested in my nose,

and then there's Jenny wren
who's snuggled in my pocket
and now they want to set me alight
like they do the rockets.

Why cant they make this new guy
and leave me well alone
he wont mind being set alight
for he has got no home

they made me years and years ago
I;m really wearing well
I've a feather in my hat
and a chiming bell. 

I'm feeling rather sad today
as you can understand,
I've a belly full of straw
and gloves for my hands

what will the farmer do
to scare the birds away
if i'm not here to shoo
them from his crops each day.

Do you know what I wish
that it should rain all day
On the date November
then they'll stay away

but if it should not rain
I'll hide in the barn
for I cant stand the pain
of leaving this old farm.

If only they could spruce me up
I can get the kiddies on my side
new neckerchief around my neck
in my field i'd take some pride.

When farmer Jones, he made me
he thought me rather good
so why has he forsaken me 
to burn me up like wood,

I stood about on this field
forty year or more
I know which birds to scare
I really know the score

oh' farmer Jones.dont do this
your trust i;m sure I'll earn
I've been out in this field so long
i;m sure to green to burn.

The little children love me
especially my friend Nell
for if they came for me today
she'd hide me down the well.

The day is here, the time has come
the party spirits high
hot dogs, toffee apples and fireworks
waiting to light the sky

But wait the children saved me
with a bundle of old clothes
some welly boots, a turnip head
and a carrot for his nose

they stood about in a circle
and heres the reason why
when nobody  was looking
they made a chap called guy,

so..my life's been saved today
I can live without fear
well that is of course
till Nov 5th next year.

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