I rode up to the farmer’s gate And I blowed my horn both soon and late The farmer’s dog he wouldn’t bark nor bite But the son-of-a-gun he could read and write 
Chorus: Now, who broke that lock? I don’t know Who broke the lock on the hen house door? I’ll find out before I go Who broke the lock on the hen house door 
As I was a-going through the field A black snake caught me by the heel I turned around to do my best And my left foot slipped in a hornet’s nest 
Chorus 
Now down in the hen house on my knees I thought I heard a chicken sneeze Nothin’ but a rooster sayin’ his prayers And giving out the hymns to the hens upstairs 
Chorus 
Now a hen and a rooster lived away out west Said the hen to the rooster, ’I love you best’ The rooster told the hen, ’Youse a pop-eyed liar I caught you in the alley with a big shanghai’ 
Chorus 
Now there was an old rooster about 40 years old Who done a lot of things we never been told His toes turned up ’til he couldn’t scratch But the young hens say that his eggs still hatch 
Chorus 
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