A Chicken Ain’t Nothin but a Bird Songtext
von Cab Calloway

Chicken!
Nice fried chicken!
Barbecued chicken!
Won′t you send it down the line.

Say!
Everyone's talking ′bout chicken;
Chicken's a popular bird;
But anywhere you go, you're bound to find,
A chicken ain′t nothin′ but a bird.

Some folks 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."