Tom T. Hall – The Song Of The One Legged Chicken (Guitar)

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Do you like true stories?   I do

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That's why I'm singin' this song

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A song about a one-legged chicken

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Who lives in the straw on the floor in my barn

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I remember the day she was hatched out

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The vet came to see her and said

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"She has only one leg, she'll never grow up"

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He said that chick would be better off dead

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I said, "No, let's just let her keep growing

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We'll just wait and see how she gets"

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Before very long she was hopping

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And pecking and chasing the bugs with the rest

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And now she is a beautiful chicken

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Though she has only one leg

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When I go to see her each morning

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She hops from the nest and she leaves me an egg   And she cackles

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Do you like true stories?   I do

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That's why I've sung you this song

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The song about the one-legged chicken

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Who lives on the floor in my barn