Here's a newly hatched chicken song for you. I'll try to upload a recording of it to my page at New Music Canada this weekend. Meanwhile, you could PM me your address and I'll e-mail you a quick and dirty mp3.

THE WHISPERING ROOSTER

(C)Out in the barnyard
I heard a (F)hullabal(C)loo
It was a big red rooster
Going cock-a-doodle-(G7)doo
But a cocky little (C)bantam
Muttered (F)under his (C)breath
"Go a(F)head you (C)fool
(G7)Crow yourself to (C)death"

You can strut your (F)stuff
Be a big (C)noise
The whispering rooster
Has style and (G7)poise
While you're up on the (C)dunghill
(F)Raising the (C)sun
He's in (F)back of the (C)hen house
(G7)Having his (C)fun

Then he looked at me
And he winked his eye
Said, "I can fight
About as well as I fly
But while Chanticleer
Is proclaiming his might
I'm helping myself
To some chicken delight"

You can strut your stuff
You can cock-a-doodle-doo
The whispering rooster
Knows a trick or two
While you're up on the dunghill, etc.

You can shake your wattles
You can shake your comb
You can cock-a-doodle-doo
Till the cows come home
You can rant and rave
Laying down the law
Half the chicks on the farm
Are calling me pa

You can strut your stuff
Like the rest of the cocks
The whispering rooster's
More action than talk, etc.

The hens lay eggs
And the roosters lay hens
And when they're finished
They do it again
You can only lay
Just the one at a time
While you're getting yours
I'm getting mine

You can strut your stuff
You can tread your hen
The whispering rooster
Is treading her friend, etc.

There's a lot of these boys
Like to spin their wheels
To prove they are
Big hairy deals
The whispering rooster
Doesn't squawk or trill
He keeps his beak shut
But he gets his fill

You can strut your stuff
Like a mighty mighty man
The whispering rooster
Has a different plan, etc.

The whispering rooster
Said, "Listen up, Jim
Don't have to crow
As loud as him
If he's got action
Just cut yourself in
By being handy
And whisperin'"

You can strut your stuff
Like an arrogant twit
The whispering rooster
Has grace and wit, etc.

You can strut your stuff
As much as you please
I ask them nicely
Down on my knees (does a rooster have knees?), etc.

You can strut your stuff
All day and all night
The whispering rooster
Is more polite, etc.

You can strut your stuff
Shake your feathery ass
The whispering rooster
Has a little more class, etc.

© Robert D. Stubbs 2006