Auntie Skinner's Chicken Dinner 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Apr 2008
2008

I got an invitation
to see the celebration
down at Auntie Skinner's
Big Jubilee.
The picks from each plantation
will give her some ovation
when they see the possum pie
and fricasee.
Just smell them onions cookin'
just watch them darkies lookin'
in the pot to see what
old Auntie's got.
Grab your best gal,
invite another pal,
ev'rybody's welcome there.

Come along
to Auntie Skinner's chicken dinner,
the pick who picks the wishbone
will be the lucky winner
of a brand new pair of homespun panties,
no other spinner spins a pair of panties
like our Auntie's,
Come along,
you little cotton pickers,
picky picks from ev'rywhere,
down at Auntie Skinner's
chicken dinner
ev'rybody will be there.

Come along
to Auntie Skinner's chicken dinner,
the pick who picks the wishbone
will be the lucky winner
of a brand new pair of homespun panties,
no other spinner spins a pair of panties
like our Auntie's,
Come along,
you little cotton pickers,
picky picks from ev'rywhere,
down at Auntie Skinner's
chicken dinner
ev'rybody will be there.

Come on you folks
meander in back of Alexander,
he will lead the marching
and show the way,
they're down by Auntie's cabin,
and Lordy, how they're havin' such a time,
because it's Auntie's feedin' day.
Oh, what is that I'm smellin'
it must be water melon
or the ham that's sizzlin'
in Auntie's pan.
Take your mother,
sister and brother
'cause ev'rybody's welcome there.

Come along
to Auntie Skinner's chicken dinner,
the pick who picks the wishbone
will be the lucky winner
of a brand new pair of homespun panties,
no other spinner spins a pair of panties
like our Auntie's,
Come along,
you little cotton pickers,
picky picks from ev'rywhere,
down at Auntie Skinner's
chicken dinner
ev'rybody will be there.

Come along
to Auntie Skinner's chicken dinner,
the pick who picks the wishbone
will be the lucky winner
of a brand new pair of homespun panties,
no other spinner spins a pair of panties
like our Auntie's,
Come along,
you little cotton pickers,
picky picks from ev'rywhere,
down at Auntie Skinner's
chicken dinner
ev'rybody will be there.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Auntie Skinner's Chicken Dinner 1915
Music by Theodore Morse
Lyrics by Arthur Fields & Earl Carroll
© MCMXV by M.Witmark & Sons.
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Novelty Song as introduced by Ruth Royle in
'Princess of Ragtime';
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 12.05
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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