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13 Sep 21 - 07:30 PM (#4119888) Subject: Lyr Add: Chicken Oh Chicken (John Hartford) From: GUEST,David R. Usher drusher[at]swbell.net Commercial lyrics sites are famous for getting lyrics wrong. Here is John Hartfords version with his story about his buddies in the old days. This is on the Hamilton Ironworks version. Chicken, Oh Chicken John Hartford Hamilton Ironworks Key of D Chicken, oh chicken Better go to roost pretty soon Chicken oh chicken Better go to roost behind the moon Chicken oh chicken You better go to roost pretty soon Cause a ten dollar bill for a Shanghai Is way too high for me. (Next 5 lines semi-spoken) Now Homer Dillard played the harmonica and the fiddle And he danced while he did I thought that was the greatest thing that I thought I’d ever seen I think that’s where I got it, yeah, we’d play all night All the next day and Douglas and I and him, yeah. (Next lines sung) And a ten dollar bill for a Shanghai Is way too high for me. Chicken, oh chicken Better go to roost pretty soon Chicken oh chicken Better go to roost behind the moon Chicken oh chicken You better go to roost pretty soon Cause a ten dollar bill for a Shanghai Is way too high for me. |