If you see my rooster1, please run him on back home
If you see my rooster, please run him on back home
I haven't found no eggs in my basket2, eehhee, since my rooster been gone
I heard my rooster crowing, this morning just about the break of day
I heard my rooster crowing, this morning just about the break of day
I guess that was the time he was making his getaway
I just found out how come my hens won't lay
I just found out how come my hens won't lay
Every time I look around my rooster have done gone away
(spoken: Now play it, Bob
Tell me 'bout my rooster)
I've got too many hens for not to have no roosters on my yard
I've got too many hens for not to have no roosters on my yard
And I don't know what's the matter, eeeooo, something have done got 'em barred3
Now, Bob, if you see my rooster, please run him on back home
Now, Bob, if you see my rooster, please run him on back home
I haven't found no eggs in my basket, eeeheee, since my rooster been gone
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Note 1: like the blues in general, this song song speaks through many layers of meaning. The missing rooster is the missing man/lover who presides over his stable of women the way a rooster guards his flock of hens;
Note 2: no eggs in my basket, possibly refers to no money, food or sex;
Note 3: barred, having alternate bands of feathers of different color.
