My wife she called me to breakfast, I walked right through the gate She set me down to the table, no chicken on my plate I grabbed my knapsack on my shoulders, said honey you be too late In 15 minutes by any man's watch, I'll have some chicken on my plate Oh chicken, oh chicken, you can brown nice and brown Oh chicken, oh chicken, you can waltz the gravy around Oh chicken, oh chicken, I don't need no fowl for that For us chicken grow, in this town, and we can't get too fat Oh chicken, oh chicken, you can boil nice and brown Oh chicken, oh chicken, you can waltz the gravy around Oh chicken, oh chicken, 'cause I don't fall to that For us chicken grow, in this town, and we can't get too fat Oh when I come to yer neighborhood, chicken know just what I mean Chicken steppin' and dodgin', no, chicken can't be seen The hen she said to the rooster, now it ain't no use to hide He's got a shotgun, and it hurts to run, and we can't roost too high