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The Tale of Henny Penny

from Whistle and Hum by Anna van Riel

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Back in my other home of Byron Bay, Australia I had 4 chooks. Henrique Englesius, Henrietta, Hendrix and the renegade Henny Penny. Need I say more.

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Ch
Oh that Chicken. Oh that chickens got lust
She always seems to find a way to make a chicken bust
She is not your usual chicken, ain’t no guinea or foul
And somehow she keeps getting’ out but good Lord I don’t know how.

VS1
Well hey Henny Penny gonna lock you up tight
You ain’t gonna run tonight
Gonna keep you safe when a big fox come
Henny Penny don’t you run
I feed you good cord and I feed you good grain
Your roost is warm and safe from the rain
A place for you when day turns to night
Henny Penny don’t take flight

CH
VS2
This Farming life comes new to me
I been so long in the big city
But I longed for the rivers and longed for the plains
A piece of dirt I could maintain
Now I harvest corn with sheaths like silk
From this cow I get my milk
And eggs for breakfast if I could
But this little chicken wont stay put
CH

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Sometime on the porch at night when I close the shutters
I look out and I swear I see that chicken with bolt cutters
I shake my head and say dear Lord, “I think I’m gone insane”
But the next day when I look for her that chickens gone again

CH
Oh that Chicken. Oh that chickens got PLUCK!
She always seems to find a way to make a chicken bust
She is not your usual chicken, she’s got a spirit that’s free
And if I stop and think about it
That chicken is a lot like me.

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from Whistle and Hum, released June 12, 2013

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New Zealand's Award winning and independent singer/songwriter Anna van Riel has played at the world highests music festival in the Himilayas, performed the NZ national anthem for 50,000 punters at the Four Nations Grand Final and sung her original works for Prince Albert of Monaco. Anna's favourite and most recent success is winning album of the year in her home town. ... more

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