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Okay, now I'm trying to think of chicken songs, and I've got nothing. Racking brain for old blues songs, still nothing. Kazoosers, drummers of whatever, all welcome all.
Could we possibly get a groovy T-shirt out of the deal?
Becky
Oh my husband used to play in a band that did at least one if not two chicken songs....
got up and went and asked. One was a Cab Calloway song called "Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird"
Lyrics A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
Cab Calloway
"Chicken!
Nice fried chicken!
Barbecued chicken!
Won't you send it down the line.
Say!
Everyone's talking 'bout chicken;
Chicken's a popular bird;
Anywhere you go, you're bound to find,
A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird.
Some folks call it a fowl,
That's the story I heard,
But let 'em call it this and let 'em call it that,
A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird.
You can boil it, roast it, broil it,
Cook it in a pan or a pot,
Eat it with potatoes, rice or tomatoes,
But chicken's still what you got, boy!
It was a dish for old Caesar,
Also King Henry the Third,
But Columbus was smart, said 'You can't fool me,
A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird.'
You can boil it, roast it, broil it,
Cook it in a pan or a pot,
Eat it with potatoes, rice or tomatoes,
A chicken's still what you got, boy!
It was a dish for old Caesar,
Also King Henry the Third,
But Columbus was smart, said 'You can't fool me,
A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird."
The other is "There Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens." Don't know who did it but somebody here uses part of it in their signature line (Fallen Weeble maybe?)
"There ain't nobody here but us chickens
There ain't nobody here at all
so quiet yourself and stop that fuss
there ain't nobody here but us
we chickens tryin' to sleep, and you butt in
and hobble hobble hobble hobble it's a sin"