A song that was made famous by the actor Duncan MacRae, who wrote it with Hugh Frater.

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  • A song that was made famous by the actor Duncan MacRae, who wrote it with Hugh Frater. He performed it on a BBC Hogmanay broadcast of "The White Heather Club" show in the late 1950s: A wee cock sparra sat in a tree A wee cock sparra sat in a tree A wee cock sparra sat in a tree An' it was chirpin' awa' as fine as could be Alang came a boy, wi' a bow an' an arra Alang came a boy, wi' a bow an' an arra Alang came a boy, wi' a bow an' an arra An' he took a shot, at the wee cock sparra The arra missed the wee cock sparra The arra missed the wee cock sparra The arra missed the wee cock sparra And it hit a man, whae was wheelin' a barra The man hit the boy, though he wasnae his fatha The man hit the boy, though he wasnae his fatha The man hit the boy, though he wasnae his fatha An' the boy gret, for he was hurt to the marra An' all the time, the wee cock sparra An' all the time, the wee cock sparra An' all the time, the wee cock sparra Sat chirpin' awa on the shaft o' the barra
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  • A song that was made famous by the actor Duncan MacRae, who wrote it with Hugh Frater.
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  • The Wee Cock Sparra
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