The Song Of The One Legged Chicken - Tom T. Hall

Do you like true stories?

I do

That’s why I’m singing this song

A song about one legged chicken

Who lives in the straw on the floor in my barn

I remember the day she was hatched out

The vet came to see her and said

«She has only one leg, she’ll never grow up»

He said that chick would be better off dead

I said, «No, let’s just let her keep growing

We’ll just wait and see how she gets»

Before very long she was hopping

And pecking and chasing the bugs with the rest

And now she is a beautiful chicken

Though she has only one leg

When I go to see her each morning

She hops from the nest and she leaves me an egg

And she cackles

Do you like true stories?

I do

That’s why I’ve sung you this song

The song about the one legged chicken

Who lives on the floor in my barn