Golden Hen

Tick-a-tick-a-tock, tick-a-tick-a-tock

My golden hen

My golden hen

Tick-a-tick-a-tock, my golden hen

Tick-a-tick-a-tock, my golden hen

She layin' eggs for the gentlemen

Sometime nine and sometime ten, oh

And whenever she lay, she make an alarm

"Caw-caw-caw-caw, me lay, oh, lay, oh"

Whoa, lay, oh, whoa, whoa

Searchin' for morning for my golden hen, hey

Got a little girl at home

She wake up this morning, she didn't eat no breakfast, no

She wake up this morning, she no eat no breakfast

She leavin' my home and she'll faint in the cab

She gives my neighborhood lots of remarks

Lots of remarks

She give 'em lots of remarks

Lots of remarks

It was not my fault

When she faint in the cab, Lord God no

Hey little girl, don't be like a rollin' calf, oh

Before the wind, your gonna be like the sound

If you live like a rollin' calf, no, oh

Don't live like a rollin' calf, no

Tick-a-tick-a-tock, my golden hen

She layin' eggs for the gentlemen

Sometime nine and sometime ten, whoa

Whenever she lay, Lord, she make an alarm

"Caw-caw-caw-caw, me lay, oh, lay, oh, lay, oh"

Whoa, lay, oh, whoa

But I've been searchin' from morning

For my golden hen, whoa

But I've been searchin' from morning, morning

For my golden hen

Because she's my best friend

Because she's my best friend

Searchin' from morning, morning

Because she's my best friend, whoa, whoa

Tick-a-tick-a-tock, my golden hen

Come on back, come on back

Tick-a-tick-a-tock, my golden hen

Come on back, Lord, come on back

Whoa

I beg you please, come on back, girl, so

Tick-a-tick-a-tock, my golden hen

She layin' eggs for the gentlemen

Sometime nine and sometime ten, oh

And whenever she lay, she make an alarm

"Caw-caw-caw-caw, me lay, me lay, oh"

Lay, oh, whoa, lay, oh, whoa

Girl, you know that I love you badly

I wouldn't like to end up sadly

Girl, you know that I love you badly

I wouldn't like to end up sadly

Girl, come on, girl, come on

Don't be a runaround, don't be a runaround

Please come home

Tick-a-tick-a-tock, my golden hen

She layin' eggs for the gentlemen

Sometime nine and sometime ten, whoa

Whenever she lay, she make an alarm, whoa