| Song Length |
4:08 |
Genre |
Blues - Country, Blues - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Exultant, Delighted |
Subject |
Farm Animals, Birds |
| Similar Artists |
The Blues Brothers, Brooks & Dunn |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Chicken Chokin? Blues
Written by Thomas Michael Riley
I got the chicken chokin? blues; killed my rooster yesterday;
I got the chicken chokin? blues; killed my rooster yesterday;
I was hungry; I was angry;
And I never liked that rooster anyway;
Five o?clock every morning; that cock woke up to crow;
Five o?clock every morning; that cock woke up to crow;
I?m gonna sleep in tomorrow; baby;
That cock won?t crow no more;
No more chicken scratchin?; No more cluckin? like a hen;
No more cock?a?doodle?do; somebody say ?Amen!?;
I got the chicken chokin? blues; killed my rooster yesterday;
Tell all the animals in the barnyard;
Mister Rooster passed away!
I got blood on my hands; feathers flying in the air;
I got blood on my hands; feathers flying in the air;
That cock wouldn?t go down easy baby;
I got scratch marks everywhere;
No more terrorizing children; no more strutting ?round the yard;
No more stepping in to chicken poop; somebody praise the lord,
Pass the mash potatoes too; some collard greens and cornbread;
Man! That rooster sure tastes good!
CP Thomas Michael Publishing BMI