WHO BROKE THE LOCK (ON THE HENHOUSE DOOR)?
(Traditional)
Unique Quartette - 1895
Cousins & DeMoss - 1898
Standard Quartette - 1898
Georgia Washboard Stompers - 1934
Riley Puckett - 1936
Edward Leroy Freeman - 1940
Also recorded by:
The Bogtrotters; The Corn Dodgers; Dickel Brothers; David Holt;
Clanka Lanka; Deuce Spriggens; Flat Mountain Girls; Joel Mabus;
Kenny Hall & The Long Haul String Band; Highwood's String Band;
Willie Thomas & Butch Cage; Bob Webb & Craig Edwards; Kenny Hall
& the Skiffle Symphony; Sue Burkhart & Ed Vadas......and others.
Well, a hen and a rooster from way out West
Said the hen to the rooster, "I love you the best"
The rooster said, "You're a pop-eyed liar,
I seen you flirting with the big Shanghai"
Who broke the lock? I don't know
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Well, I'll find out before I go
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Down in the henhouse on my kness
I thought I heard a chicken sneeze
It was only rooster saying his prayers
And thanking the Lord for the hens upstairs
Who broke the lock? I don't know
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Well, I'll find out before I go
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Now, my old hen's a good old hen
But she ain't laid a egg since I don't know when
Old hen cackle, cackling a lot
Next time she cackle, gonna cackle in the pot
Who broke the lock? I don't know
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Well, I'll find out before I go
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Now, there was an old rooster 'bout forty years old
He'd done lots of things that'd never been told
His toes curled up, he could not scratch
But the young hens say his eggs still hatch
Who broke the lock? I don't know
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Well, I'll find out before I go
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Now, the old rooster he said to the hen
"You know I love you, so let me in"
The hen said, "No! Just go away"
I'm sitting with my egg that I did lay
Who broke the lock? I don't know
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Well, I'll find out before I go
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Said the big red rooster to the little red hen
"You ain't laid an egg in the Lord knows when"
Said the little red hen to the big red rooster
"You ain't been around quite as often as you used to"
Who broke the lock? I don't know
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Well, I'll find out before I go
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Then the old fox said to the hen
"Open up the door or I'll break it in"
The hen said, "No!" and began to squawk
Ordered the rooster to secure the lock
Who broke the lock? I don't know
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Well, I'll find out before I go
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Down by the farmer's barnyard gate
Blowed my horn, both soon and late
Farmer's dog couldn't bark nor bite
But the son of a gun, he could read and write
Who broke the lock? I don't know
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Well, I'll find out before I go
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Now, Deacon Johnson and Missus Jones
Used to fool around when Jones weren't home
Come home one morning 'bout a quarter to four
Who went out that back door
Who broke the lock? I don't know
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Well, I'll find out before I go
Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
(Contributed by - July 2008)
