Little Red Rooster

...LITTLE RED ROOSTER... by Sam Cooke

*from 'Night Beat' (1963)*

(Written by Willie Dixon and Chester Arthur Burnett)

Intro:

Verse 1:

I got a little red rooster; too lazy to crow for day.

I got a little red rooster; too lazy to crow for day.

He keeps everything in the barn yard, upset in every way.

Verse 2:

The dogs begin to bark, the hounds begin to howl.

The dogs begin to bark, the hounds begin to howl.

Watch out all you kinfolk; my little red rooster's on the prowl.

Verse 3:

I tell you; he, keeps all the hens, fighting a-mong themselves.

Keeps all the hens fighting among them-selves.

He don't want no hen in the barnyard,

Layin' eggs for nobody else, Lord... yeah.

Solo:

Let me tell everybody...

Verse 4:

Now if you see my little red rooster; send him home.

Said; if you see my little red rooster; send him home.

I ain't had no peace in the barn yard,

Since my little red rooster's been gone.

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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)