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