Must Run in the Family: I Had a Little Chickie

Thursday, March 9, 2017

I Had a Little Chickie

My girls love to sing this fun Easter song. It usually gets stuck in their head, and lasts all spring long. It is barely the first week of March and it has already begun. One person in the family will sing it, and everyone will get mad. Next thing you know they are the ones singing it.

I hope your kids love it as much as we do.

I had a Little Chickie (to the tune of "Turkey in the Straw")
(this is the version I grew up singing. adapted from "The World's Best Funny Songs", Esther J. Nelson, 1988)

Well I had a little chickie
And she wouldn't lay an egg
So, I poured hot water up and down her leg

And the little chickie cried
And the little chickie laid a hard boiled egg
boom ditty dada some chick. (or dumb chick)

Well I had a little chickie
And he wouldn't lay an egg
So, I poured colored water up and down his leg
Well, the little chickie begged
And the little chickie cried
And the little chickie laid a Easter egg
Boom ditty dada some chick.

Well I had a little chickie
And he wouldn't lay an egg
So, I poured gun powder up and down his leg
Well, the little chickie begged
And the little chickie cried
And the little chickie laid a hand grenade
boom ditty dada dead chick.

Here's the version we sang at Preschool:

I Had a Little Chicken (to the tune of "Turkey in the Straw")
(source: adapted from "The World's Best Funny Songs", Esther J. Nelson, 1988)