Red Hen Hop Song Lyrics and Chords by Louvin Brothers
Red Hen Hop
Recorded by Louvin Brothers
Written by Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
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There's a little red hen lives down the street
She does the red-hen hop with a drumstick beat
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chicken ain't a rooster if she can't make him
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red-hen hop till she broke the roostin'
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Now the little red hen don't know her age
But she don't worry 'bout turnin' gray
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red-hen hop ever' time she lays an
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eat her egg for breakfast
You' gonna do the hop all
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When all the other chickens are feelin' kind o' blue
Now the little red hen knows what to do
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gives out a party and they meet on a Saturday
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red-hen hop till the moon goes out o'
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One night when the party was a-gettin' kind o' cold
Said the little red hen give me room on the floor
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grabbed her daddy cause he knows how to do the hop
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red-hen hop and they done it till broad day
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Now the old black rooster was a-peepin' through the crack
Said I never seen the beast since the day I was hatched
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Momma never told me what the red-hen hop has
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got
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red-hen hop till the day they throw me in the
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Red Hen Hop?
- The song Red Hen Hop was sang by Louvin Brothers.
Who is Louvin Brothers?
- The Louvin Brothers were an American musical duo composed of brothers Ira (April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965) and Charlie (July 7, 1927 - January 26, 2011) Louvin (né Loudermilk). The brothers are cousins to John D. Loudermilk, a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member.
The brothers wrote and performed secular country music, as well as fire-and-brimstone gospel music. Ira played virtuoso mandolin and generally sang lead vocal in the tenor range, while Charlie played rhythm guitar and offered supporting vocals in a lower pitch. They helped popularize the vocal technique of close harmony in country and country-rock.After becoming regulars at the Grand Ole Opry and scoring a string of hit singles in the late 1950s and early '60s, the Louvin Brothers broke up in 1963 due in large part to Charlie growing tired of Ira's addictions and reckless behavior. Ira died in a traffic accident in 1965. They were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, and Charlie died of cancer in 2011. Rolling Stone ranked the Louvin Brothers No. 4 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time.
