The chicken and the hawk
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1. Well, a girly chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk,
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well,
a girly chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk,
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fell
head over heels for that hawk's sweet talk.
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2. She said, take me up, hawky, take me up in
the sky,
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she
said take me up, hawky, take me up in the sky,
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I'm just a little bitty
chicken and I don't know how to fly.
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He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all
day,
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up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day,
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up, up, up, up, and away.
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3. He met a bald headed eagle flying up there in the blue,
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he
met a bald headed eagle flying up there in the blue,
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well,
the eagle told the hawk, I'm goin steal that chicken
from you.
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4. Well, the hawk start flying like a P8 single jet,
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well,
the hawk start flying like a P8 single jet,
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he
said, cool down chicken, the eagle ain't got us yet.
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He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all
day,
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up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day,
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up, up, up, up, and away.
+ instrumental = verse 5
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5. Well, you asked him for the sun, did you ask him for the moon ?
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Well, you asked him for the
sun, did you ask him for the moon ?
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He said, cool down, baby, we're going to be there soon.
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He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all
day,
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up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day,
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up, up, up, up, and away.
(orig. = capo 4th; Video = capo 3rd)
(Big Joe Turner)