I

"Harper's Bazaar" (July, 1911):

"And it wa'n't no hymn they was a-singing, I can tell you. It went like this:

There was an old hen and she had a club foot,
And she made her nest in a mulberry root.
She ruffled up her feathers to keep herself warm,
And another little drink wouldn't do us any harm."


II

Walter B. Stevens, "Missouri, the Center State" (1915):

"Popular with boys in Missouri when everybody sang...

"O-oh, there was an old hen and she had a wooden leg,
The finest old hen that ever laid an egg.
She laid more eggs than any hen upon the farm,
And another little drink wouldn't do us any harm."