The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #61809   Message #995521
Posted By: Sorcha
02-Aug-03 - 10:01 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Cluck Old Hen
Subject: Lyr Add: CLUCK OLD HEN
Looks like most of them are close to same:



My old hen's a good old hen
She lays eggs for the railroad men
Sometimes 8 and sometimes ten
That's enough for the railroad men

   Cluck old hen cluck and sing
   You ain't laid an egg since late last spring
   Cluck old hen cluck and squall
   Ain't laid an egg since late last fall

Cluck old hen cluck when I tell you
Cluck old hen or I'm gonna sell you
Last time she cackled cackled in the lot
Next time she cackles cackle in the pot

My old hen she's a good old hen
She lays eggs for the railroad men
Sometimes 1 sometimes two
Sometimes enough for the whole damn crew

(http://bluegrasslyrics.com/all_song.cfm-recordID=sp265.htm)

Cluck old hen, cluck and sing
Ain't laid an egg since 'way last spring

Cluck old hen, cluck and squall
Ain't laid an egg since 'way last fall

My old hen's a good old hen
She lays eggs for the railroad men

Sometimes one, sometimes two
Sometimes enough for the whole damn crew

Sometimes nine, sometimes ten
That's enough eggs for the railroad men

My old hen, she won't do
She lays eggs and taters too

The old hen she's raised on a farm
Now she's in the new ground diggin' up corn

The first time she cackled, she cackled a lot
Next time she cackled, cackled in the pot

(http://www.travellersunion.org/music/cluckOldHen.html)