A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird (78rpm Version)-Cab Calloway

[00:12.53]Chicken [00:13.22] [00:14.47]Nice fried chicken [00:15.53] [00:17.66]Barbecued chicken [00:18.48] [00:20.54]Won't you send it down the line [00:22.79] [00:23.47]Say [00:24.59]Everyone's talking 'bout chicken; [00:26.09] [00:26.97]Chicken's a popular bird; [00:28.47] [00:30.22]Anywhere you go you're bound to find [00:32.66]A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird [00:34.91] [00:36.59]Some folks call it a fowl [00:38.04] [00:39.22]That's the story I heard [00:40.91] [00:42.28]But let 'em call it this and let 'em call it that [00:45.22]A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird [00:47.79] [00:49.29]You can boil it roast it broil it [00:51.60]Cook it in a pan or a pot [00:53.10] [00:54.16]Eat it with potatoes rice or tomatoes [00:56.28] [00:56.91]But chicken's still what you got boy [01:00.04]It was a dish for old Caesar [01:02.54] [01:03.10]Also King Henry the Third [01:05.66]But Columbus was smart [01:07.41]Said "You can't fool me [01:08.79]A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird " [01:10.00] [01:59.28]You can boil it roast it broil it [02:01.97]Cook it in a pan or a pot [02:03.59] [02:04.84]Eat it with potatoes rice or tomatoes [02:06.97] [02:07.59]A chicken's still what you got boy [02:09.90] [02:11.34]It was a dish for old Caesar [02:12.97] [02:13.91]Also King Henry the Third [02:15.53] [02:16.72]But Columbus was smart [02:18.09]Said "You can't fool me [02:19.28]A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird "