My darling, believe me, my love for you is true If you were to leave me, I know not what I’d do And so tonight I thought I might let all my feelings show And I will take you to the most romantic place I know
Come with me to the cockfight my dear, come see the fearless fowl The bell is like beautiful music to me succeeded by shriek and howl Come with me to the cockfight tonight, come see them bite and scratch We’ll see which one is puny and which one is tough when they stuff them down that hatch
Take your seat for the cockfight my sweet, where severed feet sail by Eyes are pecked out as I gaze into yours, beauty as bright as the blood on their claws Come with me to the cockfight, my love, come see them shove and maul When entrails are flailing you grow pale and faint, but I’ll catch you if you fall
Come with me to the cockfight, my love, gasp as the blood runs free Don’t be surprised if it gets in your eyes and mind how you sip lest it drip in your tea Come with me to the cockfight, you may always of this be sure As the cock of the walk rips the breast in his grip, that I’ll be more gentle with yours
And as your eyelids flutter, their wings begin to flutter I think I’ll have a flutter on that rooster from Calcutta And as they screech and squawk and cluck, I do beseech thee Lady Luck For ample fortune and the pluck to ask my lady if she’ll maybe
Come with me to the cockfight, you dish, where wishbones splinter and snap We whistle for gristle, and when one is dead, we’re enraptured as he runs around devoid of a head Come with me to the cockfight, oh do, dinner’s included too As niblets of giblets are shredded and torn, they’re a romantic meal for two
Come with me to the cockfight, oh my, come for the death and gore When we’re together the feathers will fly and I’ll kiss you as they mop up the guts on the floor Come with me to the cockfight next week, watch as their beaks dig in The fun will begin as their innards appear And I’ll save you an avian organ as a souvenir.