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The Tale of Henny Penny

from Fishing For Stars by Anna van Riel

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Based on a true story

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The Tale of Henny Penny
A. van Riel

Oh that Chicken, oh that chicken’s 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 fowl
And somehow she keeps getting out
But good Lord I don’t know how

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 ya good corn I feed ya good grain
Your roost is warm and safe from the rain
A place for you when day turns to night
So Henny Penny don’t take flight.

Oh that Chicken, oh that chicken’s 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 fowl
And somehow she keeps getting out
But good Lord I don’t know how

This farming life comes new to me
I’ve been so long in the big city
But I longed for the rivers and longed for the planes
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 won’t stay put

Oh that Chicken, oh that chicken’s 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 fowl
And somehow she keeps getting out
But good Lord I don’t know how


And sometimes 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’ve gone insane
But the next day when I look for her that chicken’s gone again.

Oh that Chicken, oh that chicken’s 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 fowl
And somehow she keeps getting out
But good Lord I don’t know how

And Oh that chicken, Oh that chicken’s 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 Fishing For Stars, released November 23, 2018

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Anna van Riel

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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