The Chicken And The Hawk
by 
Jerry Leiber 
Mike Stoller 
recording of 1955-1957 
from 
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: Vol 3, 1955-1957 (Atlantic 81295-2) 
Well, a girly chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk 
Well, a girly chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk 
Fell head over heels for that hawk's sweet talk 
She said take me up hawky, take me up in the sky 
She said take me up hawky, take me up in the sky 
I'm just a little bitty chicken and I don't know how to fly 
He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day 
Up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day 
Up, up, up, up, and away 
He met a bald headed eagle flying up there in the blue 
He met a bald headed eagle flying up there in the blue 
Well the eagle told the hawk, I'm goin steal that chicken from you 
Well the hawk start flying like a P8 single jet 
Well the hawk start flying like a P8 single jet 
He said cool down chicken, the eagle ain't got us yet 
He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day 
Up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day 
Up, up, up, up, and away 
Well, you asked him for the sun, did you ask him for the moon 
Well, you asked him for the sun, did you ask him for the moon 
He said cool down, baby, we're going to be there soon 
He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day 
Up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day 
Up, up, up, up, and away