Henhouse Serenade

DESCRIPTION: "Cock-a-doodle-doo, I'm the rooster, Cluck cluck cluck cluck cluck, I'm the hen." "We run around together In all kinds of weather." The two chickens describe how much they love each other
AUTHOR: F. Hart (source: OKeh 18029)
EARLIEST DATE: 1954 (recording, Joe Maphis and Rose Lee)
KEYWORDS: bird chickens love
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RECORDINGS:
Hannah & Tom, "Hen House Serenade" (Piotr-Archive #112, recorded 04/06/2022)
Joe Maphis and Rose Lee, "Henhouse Serenade" (Okeh 18029, 1954)
NOTES [22 words]: Anyone who actually knew chickens, even fairly casually, would know that this is not a description of actual chicken behavior. - RBW
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File: DPio112

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