Rooster Blues

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "'We got to rock tonight baby'(3x) We got to rock tonight." Animal A tells animal B something; then animal B answers animal A (See notes for examples).
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (recording, Lightnin' Slim)
KEYWORDS: courting dialog humorous nonballad animal chickens
FOUND IN: US(SE)
RECORDINGS:
Mississippi Fred McDowell and unidentified musician, "Little Red Rooster" (on USMississippi01)
Lighnin' Slim, "Rooster Blues" (Excello 2169, 1959)
NOTES [76 words]: For the most part McDowell follows Lightnin' Slims verses. For example: "The little red rooster told the little red hen, 'I ain't been to see you since God knows when.' The little red hen told the little red rooster, 'You don't come around, daddy, like you used to.'"; "The old black cat told the little grey mouse, 'I've got a mind to chase you round this house.' The little gray mouse told the old black cat, 'Look here daddy, don't tease me like that.'" - BS
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