CHICK, CHICK, CHICK, CHICK, CHICKEN (LAY A LITTLE EGG FOR ME)
(Fred Holt / Thomas McGhee / Irving King)

Ted Weems & His Orch. (vocal: Parker Gibbs) - 1926
The Clicquot Club Eskimos (vocal: Tom Stacks) - 1926
Harry Reser's Six Jumping Jacks - 1926
Earl Oliver's Jazz Babies - 1926


Now good old farmer Haystack is the cleverest of men
He cuts a rasher off a pig, and then shouts to a hen

Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, lay a little egg for me
Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, I want one for my tea
Oh, I haven't had an egg since Easter, and now it's half past three
So, chick, chick, chick, chicken, lay a little egg for me

Now Rip Van Winkle woke up after twenty years or more
He found a bird's nest in his beard and shouted out, "Oh, Lor'!"

Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, lay a little egg for me
Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, I want one for my tea
Oh, I haven't had an egg since Easter, and now it's half past three
So, chick, chick, chick, chicken, lay a little egg for me


**In the line "I haven't had one since Easter", the
word "Easter" is sometimes replaced by "breakfast".