
Lyrics
(Folk song)
“Will you take a walk with me, My little wife, today?
There’s barley in the barley field, And hayseed in the hay.”
“Thank you,” said the clucking hen, “I’ve something else to do;
I’m busy sitting on my eggs, I cannot walk with you.”
Refrain
Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo!
“Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck,” Said the clucking hen :
“My little chicks will soon be hatched, I’ll think about it then.”
The clucking hen sat on her nest, She made it in the hay;
And warm and snug beneath her breast A dozen white eggs lay. Refrain
Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Crack, crack, went all the eggs, Out dropped the chickens small.
“Cluck!” said the clucking hen, “At last I have you all.”
“Come along, my little chicks, I’ll take a walk with you.”
“Hello!” said the rooster bold, “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” Refrain
See also
- Subjects: ballads / chickens
- Form: AB
- Harmony: chords I, ii, IV, V, vi
- Melody: repeated tones
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
/
- Scale: major
- Source: The Child’s Own Music Book, The Largest Collection of Mothers’ and Children’s Songs, Musical Games and Piano Music Ever Published, Covering Completely All Phases of Child Life, Wier, 1918
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody

