I couldn’t find your cow (Radio Edit)

Hey hey ah hey hey ah hey I couldn't find your cow Reverend John (what's going on? what's going on?) The search is long but the hope is strong (the hope is strong) I searched high and long yesterday In mountains in valleys and through every bay The cow had vanished she'd made her escape Maybe she's hiding - that's something to contemplate I looked in the barn and on the fields by the sea Asked a horse but he just said "no" to me I called the dog but he gave no reply Just barking and howling - what else could I try? Hey hey ah hey hey ah hey Hey hey ah hey hey ah hey Reverend John I ask you still Bless me now though I'm a bit ill at will If the cow is missing till Christmastime Perhaps she'll find her shelter in the meantime? Hey hey ah hey hey ah hey Hey hey ah hey hey ah hey I couldn't find your cow Reverend John (what's going on? what's going on?) The search is long but the hope is strong (the hope is strong) ] But one day she appeared all of a sudden Cursing loudly with milk in her udders Reverend John laughed and said to me: "The cow is back that's good you see! Now we'll milk her first - then we'll butcher her too!"