A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird Lyrics - Cab Calloway

Chicken, nice fried chicken 

Barbecue chicken, won't you send it down the line? 

Say, everyone's talking 'bout chicken 

Chicken's a popular word 

But anywhere you go, you're bound to find 

A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird 

Some people 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"