Parts of this song sound like the familiar "Chicken Reel" reworked to have a boogie-woogie beat.


CHICKEN GUMBOOGIE
Written by Leonard Whitney
As recorded by Will Bradley & His Orchestra (with Ray McKinley, vocalist), 1941.

The farmers have a dance that they all like to do.
It really is a killer though it never was new.
They got it in a barnyard away before the Greeks
From the chickens that were grubbin' and a-peckin' with their beaks.

Peck corn! You better loosen up your collar.
Latch on with your tail feathers out.
Dig it till it makes you want to holler.
The chicken gumboogie man'll get you if you don't spread out.

It's a funny little lick with a boogie-woogie base [or "bass"?].
Any hep chick can put fever in your place.
You can strut like a rooster, scratch with your feet,
But whatever you do, don't you lose the beat.