A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird


Chicken, nice fried chicken
Barbecue chicken, won't you send it down the line?

Say, everyone's talking 'bout chicken
Chicken's a popular word
But anywhere you go, you're bound to find
A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird

Some people call it a fowl
That's the story I heard
But let 'em call it this and let 'em call it that
A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird

You can boil it, roast it, broil it
Cook it in a pan or a pot
Eat it with potatoes, rice or tomatoes
But chicken's still what you got, boy

It was a dish for old Caesar
Also King Henry the Third
But Columbus was smart, said, "you can't fool me
A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird"

You can boil it, roast it, broil it
Cook it in a pan or a pot
Eat it with potatoes, rice or tomatoes
A chicken's still what you got, boy

It was a dish for old Caesar
Also King Henry the Third
But Columbus was smart, said, "you can't fool me
A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird"


Writer/s: E. B. Wallace

A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird de Cab Calloway

This song appears in 18 albums


The Ultimate Collection
2015

Masters of the Last Century: Best of Cab Calloway
2012

The Legend Collection: Cab Calloway
2012

Tappin' Off
2011

The Scat Song, Vol. 2
2011

Jazz Legends: Cab Calloway
2011

We Go Well Together (1934-1947) [Remastered]
2010

Complete Jazz Series 1940 - 1941
2008

Jumpin' Jive Volume 4
2008

Jazz Foundations Vol. 11
2008

Minnie The Moocher (Selected Recordings)
2008

Cab Calloway Selected Favorites, Vol. 1
2006

The Hi-De-Ho Man
2006

The Scat Song Vol.2
2005

Jazz Figures / Cab Calloway, Volume 10 (1940 - 1941)
2005

The Scat Song
2004

Are You Hep to the Jive?
1994

12 Inch Classics - Single
1976
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