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; 

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."