Hickety, pickety, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen,
Sometime nine and sometimes ten,

Hickety, pickety, my black hen,
My old hen's a good old hen,
She lays eggs for the railroad men.

Sometimes one, sometimes two,
Sometimes enough for the whole darned crew.
Cluck, old hen, cluck, I tell you,

Cluck, old hen, or I'm gonna sell you.
Cluck, old hen, cluck, I say,
Cluck, old hen, or I'll give you away.