LITTLE RED HEN BLUES*
As sung by Taj Mahal with the Pointer Sisters

Well, little red hen said to little red rooster:
You don't come 'round here much as you used ter.
Now, honey, you long gone.
Baby, you long gone.
Oh, you long gone, like a turkey through the corn.

Old gray mule say t'that ol' gray hen:
Honey, now tell me: where that rooster of yours have been.
She say he long gone,
Say, he long gone.
Oh, he's long gone, baby, like a turkey through the corn.

Oh, that sweet gray goat say to that old fat mule:
You know people round here been talkin', tellin' me that you're a fool,
But they long gone.
Yes, they long gone.
Oh, they long gone, honey, like a turkey through the corn.

I been up north, been down south,
Been to the east; I like the west and south the best,
And I'll be long gone.
Yes, I'm long gone.
I am long gone, honey, like a turkey through the corn.

Tell me, baby, what's on your mind.
I can see by your eyes that you ain't been cryin',
And I been long gone.
I been long gone.
I been long gone, honey, like a turkey through the corn.

Now, you know the men don't like me 'cause I speak my mind,
And the women crazy 'bout me 'cause I take my time,
And I be long gone.
Honey, I'm long gone.
I am long gone, baby, just like a turkey through the corn.

Now, the little red hen say to the little red rooster:
Now, baby, now, you don't come 'round here much as you used ter.
You been long gone.
Now you long gone.
Say, baby, you long gone, honey, like a turkey through the corn.

Well, you can take my potatoes up out that groun',
Put 'em in my oven, turn your damper down.
Mama, now, you know I'm long gone.
Honey, I'm long gone.
I am long gone, baby, like a turkey through the corn.


* On some albums, the title is given as LITTLE RED HEN.