Hönan Agda [English translation]
Hönan Agda [English translation]
I will ask to perform
With a song about a rooster
Who was old and worn out
Impotent and weathered
The hens were complaining and whining
Because he did not satisfy them
They signed a petition
"Give our rooster early retirement"
(They said)
We want a rooster with sting
The one we've got, he's all ding
Lacking lust and energy
Lacking everything we are fond of
Get us new manning
Or we will make egg casserole
Make sure things get going now
Because soon we will get desperate
The old rooster had enough and left
For where no hens live
No one cried when he went away
A new rooster was fixed already
The hens were curious so
- but there was a long delivery time on it
But they accepted their lot
Because they were waiting for something good
Imagine when the rooster finally arrived
The hens, they went all crazy
"What a comb he has got! Now it's standing
What a beak, it must be hard!"
The hens dashed around in the chaos
The rooster, he had a lot of work to do
But as he was healthy and sound
Each hen got a moment of love
But - the cute little hen Agda
She got cheated on the aforementioned
The rooster was just about to jump her
Agda looked in the corner of her eye
But it did not go like Agda thought
The rooster just stood and stared
Until he suddenly, with a flick
Tore a feather from her bottom
Agdas blood was burning and pulsating
She stood still but nothing happened
Many weeks after that day
She was the only virgin in the pasture
Every day, in every weather, the rooster tore out a feather
And one day, it is a shame and pity
Agda's bottom was popping out
Agda was ashamed and cried and howled
Every time the rooster snitched a feather
And one day, it got too much
Agda succumbed to the inner pressure
To the sorrow and lack of love
And the next time he came, Agda went crazy
And she shouted out in falsetto
"Listen here you damn coxcomb"
(She said)
"Now I want an honest answer
Why are you taking my feathers
Why do you turn me down right away
For what you do with the other hens?"
The rooster answered, slightly embarrassed;
"Hey, I love you with passion
All you ask for, you will get it
- But then I want you naked"
- Artist:Cornelis Vreeswijk