HEY LITTLE HEN
Words & music by Ralph Butler & Noel Gay, ©1941
As sung by Joe Loss on "The Warring 40s: 19 Songs from Wartime Britain" and "Comic Songs of the 1940s" and "The Great Songwriters: Noel Gay"

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 tit-bits, 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?

[Repeat from §.]