CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE
As recorded by Amos Milburn, 1947.

Hello, cat; I just got back,
And I'm lookin' for that place they call the Chicken Shack.
They say it's fine as wine and it's really on the ball.
No windows, no doors, it's just a hole in the wall.

Did you say it was located down by the creek,
Where you can get a whole gob(?) of good things to eat?—
All good parts of the chicken; what's more, it's a cinch
You can even get the last part that went over the fence.

Yes, they say it's the place where all the bad cats meet.
You better be mighty careful where you take a seat.

Oh, there's a place where the light's comin' through the wall.
You better be mighty careful; let's have a ball.
Come on, all you fellas, and take a drink from my pack,
'Cause the party's ready to start down at the Chicken Shack.

[Other early recordings were made by The Five Scamps and The Lionel Hampton Sextet.]