LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO THE DOMINICKER HEN
by Mike Snyder

You know we sure are lucky to be livin' in the world today
All this modern technology has brought us a long long way.
Why even in the kitchens there's been a lot of changes
The women went to usin' microwaves instead of electric ranges.

Now I know that progress must go on even with the things we eat,
And science is tryin' to improve upon the selection of our meat.
But some things can't be improved on and to stress this point, my friend,
Let us dwell for just a moment on the dominicker hen.

I stopped off at the supermarket just the other day,
I was told to pick a few things up and then be on my way.
So I walked through them electric doors and I grabbed a shopping cart
And pulled out Sweetie's grocery list and I took off like a dart.

Now I don't usually do our shoppin' so this was all new to me,
But I was really makin' progress boys, already on isle three.
Chicken was the last thing on my list o' gettin' so,
I headed for the poultry section just as hard as I could go.

When I get there I stop my cart and I stood there for a while,
Amazed at all them chicken parts that was stacked up on that isle.
Use to, buyin' a chicken really wasn't all that hard,
But they done changed that feathered creature that used to walk out in our yard.

Cho: 1
Look what they done to the dominicker chicken.
It's boneless now, skinless too, no longer finger lickin'.
There's chicken tetrazini, and chicken cordon bleu,
Chicken teriyaki, these are just to name a few.

Ah chicken is the comin' thing and just to prove my point,
On almost ever corner now there's a brand new chicken joint,
Bojangle's, Colonel Sander's, Popeye's and Minnie Pearl's.
Sunday's chicken business is a catchin' on all around the world.

See, used to we'd get chicken that was only done on special occasions,
But now you can get it seven days a week down at the gas station.
Sometimes it brings a tear to my eye when I think of our hallowed hen,
The way she's been commercialized, it's just a downright sin!

They're cashin' in on the dominicker and I know that fer a fact,
Why even the folks up North is tryin' to get in on the act.
The dominicker has been disgraced and perhaps the lowest blow,
Is when the Yankees proclaim her wings, come from a buffalo.

Cho: 2
Look what they've done to the dominicker chicken.
It's boneless now, skinless too, no longer finger lickin'.
There's chicken franks and chicken planks and fingers, well that's absurd.
If the dominicker had a finger, she'd shoot us all the bird!

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-Joe Offer-