Be A Good Little Chicken 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Apr 2007
2007

I always thought a chicken was a very fowl bird,
and a girlie never could be that to me.
I got my little dictionar' to analyze the word
and sure enough it did apply to she.
So falling into line
I used the term on mine
and believe me, boys,
it's working like a charm.
Just take this tip from me
if you have a hennery,
adopt the phrase and use it on your farm.

I have a little chicken
whom I call on ev'ry night,
and we have our little scraps like lovers true,
then I take her by the hand
and in loving words command,
the many little things she ought to do,
but she'll pull and pout and twist,
and say: "You hurt my wrist!"
and try her very best to land a slap,
but I win her with a word,
when I warble like a bird:
"Be a good little chicken
and lay in my lap!"

I have a little chicken
whom I call on ev'ry night,
and we have our little scraps like lovers true,
then I take her by the hand
and in loving words command,
the many little things she ought to do,
but she'll pull and pout and twist,
and say: "You hurt my wrist!"
and try her very best to land a slap,
but I win her with a word,
when I warble like a bird:
"Be a good little chicken
and lay in my lap!"

Since girlie's just a chicken
why a chicken farm for me,
and I understand there's profit in it too.
I'll keep a pair of every kind for record sake, you see,
and later on I'll tell the facts to you.
'Twill take a while, you see,
to learn how things will be,
and maybe then I'll tell you all the things I know.
But perhaps you'd better start
with a chicken in your heart
for then you'll know the game from high to low.

I have a little chicken
whom I call on ev'ry night,
and we have our little scraps like lovers true,
then I take her by the hand
and in loving words command,
the many little things she ought to do,
but she'll pull and pout and twist,
and say: "You hurt my wrist!"
and try her very best to land a slap,
but I win her with a word,
when I warble like a bird:
"Be a good little chicken
and lay in my lap!"

I have a little chicken
whom I call on ev'ry night,
and we have our little scraps like lovers true,
then I take her by the hand
and in loving words command,
the many little things she ought to do,
but she'll pull and pout and twist,
and say: "You hurt my wrist!"
and try her very best to land a slap,
but I win her with a word,
when I warble like a bird:
"Be a good little chicken
and lay in my lap!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Be A Good Little Chicken 1915
Words & Music by J.Patrick Doyle
© 1915 by James P.Doyle, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Strange sentiments expressed in this song which is far
from politically correct by today's terms.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 27 April 2007 at 10.42am
in association with Doug Grierson
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