Hey! Little Hen 1941 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 3 Oct 2013
2013

I had a lot of chickens
a large chicken run
but owing to conditions
I'm now down to one.
I give her all the titbits
the dear little thing
and just to keep her up to scratch
I go to her and sing:

Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you lay me
an egg for my tea?
Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you try to supply
one for me.
Get into your nest,
do your little best
get it off your chest
I can do the rest,
Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you lay me
an egg for my tea?

Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you lay me
an egg for my tea?
Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you try to supply
one for me.
Get into your nest,
do your little best
get it off your chest
I can do the rest,
Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you lay me
an egg for my tea?

I tell her
that the butcher
has no meat today
I tell her that the fishes
have all swum away,
I tell her I feel hungry
and weak in the legs
and beg of her sincerely
to get busy with the eggs.

Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you lay me
an egg for my tea?
Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you try to supply
one for me.
Get into your nest,
do your little best
get it off your chest
I can do the rest,
Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you lay me
an egg for my tea?

Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you lay me
an egg for my tea?
Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you try to supply
one for me.
Get into your nest,
do your little best
get it off your chest
I can do the rest,
Hey! Little hen!
When when when
will you lay me
an egg for my tea?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Hey! Little Hen 1941 JPitt-Payne
by Ralph Butler & Noel Gay
© MCMXLI by Noel Gay Music Co.Ltd.  London WC2
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 3 October 2013 at 17.05
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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