the ballad of chicken soup

Singer:carole king

today our dear friend

chicken soup

this very ordinary day

boiled up a pot of

chicken soup

and swallowed it away

a-lack! a-day!

o-woe! oy-vey!

he swallowed it away!

now listen to what i'm gonna say

a little bone

a bitty thing

no bigger than my pinky-

he swallowed hot

from out that pot

in quicker than a winky

he gulped that soup

let out a whoop!

and fell down croaking

on the stoop

and he choked!

and he sagged!

and he smothered!

and he gagged!

and he let out a scream!

and he let out a moan!

then he cried

'cause he died

from choking on a bone

on such an ordinary day

like today

a-lack! a-day!

o-woe! oy-vey!

on an ordinary day

chicken soup passed away!