Lyr Req: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens

02 Mar 98 - 05:41 PM (#22764)
Subject: Ain't nobody home
From: [e-mail]

I am a potter looking for the lyrics to a tune I've heard many times...Can't find it anywhere...The refrain(chorus) goes something like "ain't nobody home but us chickens ain't nobody home at all" if anyone has any info on where the tune is from or where I can find the lyrics I would greatly appreciate it...we want to use the lyrics in a design we've come up with and will send a bowl to the person who helps us find the lyrics...TIA

T. Stowell [e-mail]

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02 Mar 98 - 05:49 PM (#22765)
Subject: RE: Ain't nobody home
From: Earl

Sounds like "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" by Louis Jordan. If no one else has them, I can get them for you gratis.

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02 Mar 98 - 05:59 PM (#22766)
Subject: Lyr Add: AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS
From: Earl

AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS
Words and music by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer, ©1947.
As recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

One night farmer Brown was takin' the air,
Locked up the barnyard with the greatest of care.
Down in the henhouse somethin' stirred.
When he shouted "Who's there?" this is what he heard:

There ain't nobody here but us chickens.
There ain't nobody here at all,
So calm yourself and stop that fuss.
There ain't nobody here but us.
We chickens tryin' to sleep,
And you butt in,
And hobble-hobble-hobble-hobble with your chin.

There ain't nobody here but us chickens.
There ain't nobody here at all.
You're stompin' around, and shakin' the ground,
And kickin' up an awful dust.
We chickens tryin' to sleep,
And you butt in,
And hobble-hobble-hobble-hobble; it's a sin.

[§] Tomorrow is a busy day.
We got things to do.
We got eggs to lay.
We got ground to dig,
And worms to scratch.
It takes a lot of settin' gettin' chicks to hatch.

Oh, there ain't nobody here but us chickens.
There ain't nobody here at all,
So quiet yourself and stop that fuss.
There ain't nobody here but us.
Kindly point that gun the other way,
And hobble-hobble-hobble off and hit the hay.

[REPEAT FROM §.]

Hey, hey, boss man, what do you say?
It's easy pickin's.
There ain't nobody here but us chickens.

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24 May 21 - 03:19 PM (#4107418)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
From: Joe Offer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_Nobody_Here_but_Us_Chickens

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27 May 21 - 01:17 PM (#4107789)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
From: GUEST,#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnyB0a8G71Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnyB0a8G71Y

LOUIS JORDAN Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens 1956

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29 May 21 - 11:25 PM (#4108134)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
From: keberoxu

This song ended up, with many other Louis Jordan tunes,
in a musical-comedy presentation
titled
Five Guys Named Moe.

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