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Little Red Rooster Lyrics By Sam Cooke

    i got a little red rooster
    too lazy to crow for day
    i got a little red rooster
    too lazy to crow for day
    he keeps everything in the barnyard
    upset in every way

    the dogs begin to bark
    the hounds begin to bark
    the dogs begin to bark
    the hounds begin to howl
    watch out all you kinfolk
    my little red rooster’s on the prowl

    i tell you that he keeps all the hens
    fighting among themselves
    keeps all the hens
    fighting among themselves
    he don’t want no hen in the barnyard
    layin’ eggs for nobody else no

    organ and piano interlude
    play it billy
    answer him ray
    lord have mercy yeah
    oh yeah
    i like that mmhmm
    yeah yeah yeah yeah
    let me tell everybody

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    now if you see my red rooster
    send him home
    said if you see my red rooster
    send him home
    i ain’t had no peace in the barnyard
    since my red rooster been gone

    Artist: Sam Cooke

    Year: 1963

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 94