Who Dat Say Chicken In Dis Crowd 1898

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11 Jul 2008
2008

There was once a great assemblage
of the cullud population
all the cullud swells were there,
They had got themselves together
to discuss the situation
and the rumors in the air.
There were speakers there from Georgia
and some more from Tennessee,
who were making feathers fly,
when a roostah in a bahn ya'd
flew up whah those folks could see,
then those darkies all did cry.

Who dat say chicken in dis crowd?
Speak de word agin' and speak it loud
Blame de lan' let white folks rule it,
I'se a lookin' fu a pullet
who dat say chicken in dis crowd.

Who dat say chicken in dis crowd?
Speak de word agin' and speak it loud
What's de use of all dis talkin'
Let me hyeah a hen a squawkin'
who dat say chicken in dis crowd.

A famous cullud preacher
told his list'nin' congregation,
all about de way to act,
Ef dey want to be respected
an' become a mighty nation
to be hones' fu' a fact...
Dey mus' nebber lie, no nebber,
an' mus' not be caught a stealin'
any pullets fum de lim'
but an aged deacon got up
an' his voice it shook wif feeling
as dese words he said to him...

Who dat say chicken in dis crowd?
Speak de word agin' and speak it loud
Blame de lan' let white folks rule it,
I'se a lookin' fu a pullet
who dat say chicken in dis crowd.

Who dat say chicken in dis crowd?
Speak de word agin' and speak it loud
What's de use of all dis talkin'
Let me hyeah a hen a squawkin'
who dat say chicken in dis crowd.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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Who Dat Say Chicken In Dis Crowd 1898
Music by Will Marion
Lyrics by Paul Francis Dunbar
© 1898 by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 11 July 2008 at 17.13
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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