Verse 1Sharp Is The WindCold Is The RainHarsh Is The Livelong DayUpon The Wide Open PlainBy Donnelly's HollowUnder Sad Gorse And FurzeThere Lies A Young Wren OhBy The Saints She Was CursedPre-ChorusThe Wren Is A Small BirdHow Pretty She SingsShe Bested The Ea-GleWhen She Hid In Its WingsChorusWith Sticks And With StonesAmong The Small MoundsThey Come From All Ov-ErTo Hunt The Wren On The Wide Open GroundVerse 2With Cold Want And WhiskyShe Soon Is Run DownHer Body Para-DedOn A Staff Through The TownChorusAttacked In The VillageAnd Spat On In TownThey Come From All Ov-ErTo Hunt The Wren On The Wide Open GroundBridgeThey Flock Round The SoldiersIn Their Jackets So RedFor Barrack Room Fa-VoursPennies And BreadThe Soldier Is RoughIn Anger Or FunAnd He Causes Much Blood-ShedWith His Big Musket GunPre-ChorusThe Wren Is A Small BirdHow Pretty She SingsShe Bested The Ea-GleWhen She Hid In Its WingsChorusWith Sticks And With StonesAmong The Small MoundsThey Come From All Ov-ErTo Hunt The Wren On The Wide Open Ground