Chickery chick cha-la cha-la!

Here's a song my Mom used to sing to us, usually in the car. A short time ago, I was singing it to my niece Bella while was rocking her to sleep, and wanted to find the words. It was the top hit in 1945!



Chickery Chick
#1 hit for Sammy Kaye in 1945
- words by Sylvia Dee, music by Sidney Lippman

Once there lived a chicken who would say "chick-chick"
"Chick-chick" all day
Soon that chick got sick and tired of just "chick-chick"
So one morning he started to say:

"Chickery chick, cha-la, cha-la
Check-a-la romey in a bananika
Bollika, wollika, can't you see
Chickery chick is me?"

Every time you're sick an tired of just the same old thing
Sayin' just the same old words all day
Be just like the chicken who found something new to sing
Open up your mouth and start to say
Oh!

"Chickery chick, cha-la, cha-la
Check-a-la romey in a bananika
Bollika, wollika, can't you see
Chickery chick is me?"

After I posted this on my Facebook page, my brother Paul commented that if I "really wanted to torture myself, I should listen to this link. Try it; your children will love it!