Origins: Song sung by Fess Parker in Jayhawkers

Subject: Origins: Song sung by Fess Parker in Jayhawkers
From: Boo47
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 05:22 PM

Hello folks,
I had on the old western Jayhawkers with Fess Parker, and at one point he picked up a small guitar and sang a neat little folk song that consisted of three chords and starts out:

"Yonder sits an old blue jay
A lazy bird is he
He waits for us to catch the worm
And he eats them one two three."

The chorus is:

"Oh hippy happy Henny
With a tiny shiny penny
For a hippy happy Henny I say
Oh hippy happy Henny
With a tiny shiny penny
For the hippy happy old blue jay."

I have been searching for the origins of this little song, but have found nothing except a Youtube recording of the excerpt that includes that song (Fess Parker's song ). I'm beginning to think it was written for the movie! Does anybody know different? Thanks!

Subject: RE: Origins: Song sung by Fess Parker in Jayhawkers
From: oldhippie
Date: 09 Jan 19 - 12:28 PM

The Wikipedia page for the movie says that music was by Jerome Moross.