[Verse 1]
I went up on the mountain
To give my horn a blow
Until I thought I'd heard a pretty girl say
"Yonder comes my beau!"
[Chorus]
Crow, black chicken for midnight
Crow, black chicken for day
Until along come a big ol' hooting owl, honey
That took my chicken away
Crow, black chicken, crow for days
Crow, black chicken, fly away
Crow, black chicken, crow for days
'Cause I like chicken pie
[Verse 2]
Oh, the hardest work that I ever done
Was plow a field of rye
And the easiest work that I ever done, honey
Was eat a little chicken pie
[Chorus]
Crow, black chicken for midnight
Crow, black chicken for day
Until along come a big ol' hooting owl, honey
That took my chickеn away
Crow, black chicken, crow for day
Crow, black chicken, fly away
Crow, black chicken, crow for days
'Causе I like chicken pie
[Verse 3]
Once I had a big framed house
Fourteen stories high
And on every one of them stories, me and baby
Would eat a little chicken pie
[Chorus]
Crow, black chicken for midnight
Crow, black chicken for day
Until along come a big ol' hooting owl, honey
That took my chicken away
Crow, black chicken, crow for day
Crow, black chicken, fly away
Crow, black chicken, crow for day
I like chicken pie