The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89103   Message #2472146
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
21-Oct-08 - 04:52 PM
Thread Name: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
Speaking of chickens, for want of anything more pressing to do, I've been walking around singing Cluck Old Hen recently. I have no idea why. I used to play it on banjo, but haven't done it in years. The line that tickled me referred to a chain of fried chicken stores in the fifties, long since gone extinct: Chicken Delight. If you don't remember it (or it didn't make the trip overseas) the line doesn't make a lot of sense:

Cluck old hen, you cluck all night
Next time you cluck you'll be Chicken Delight

Now where did I put that banjo?

Jerry