Riley's Hen House Door - Riley Puckett

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

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

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

Now down in the hen house on my knees

I thought I heard a chicken sneeze

Nothing but a rooster saying his prayers

And giving out the hymns to the hens upstairs

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

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

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

Now there was an old rooster about 40 years old

Who done a lot of things we never been told

His toes turned up till he couldn't scratch

But the young hens say that his eggs still hatch

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