Chicky, Chicky-Boom (Honoring Papa Chic Milton Douglas) Slow Night Version

From the Album Slow Night

On Sunday morning
Rode in the wagon
Kerosene lantern
Hanging on the side
Walk behind the wagon
Just to come a running
To get ahead
Got to learn to walk behind

Chicky, Chicky-Boom

Had to go to school
Over in the bottoms
Just for fun
The `Do-Right Cafe’
We would jump rope
To `Skip To The Lou, My Darling’
Go around the sunshine
Each & every day

Chicky, Chicky-Boom

Worked in the mines
Before the union
Was organized
All I got paid
A dollar and a dime
Twelve hours wages
The harder I worked
The more the boss man made

Chicky, Chicky-Boom

Cut pine knots
To start a fire
Tapping with his third leg
Down on the floor
Singing and praying
It would be better
Everybody listen
A whole lot more

Chicky, Chicky-Boom
Get back track
Grease in the bucket
Corn bread and white meat
Each and every day
Times are so much better
When I come along
That’s about all
This old man has to say

Chicky, Chicky-Boom

Words & music by Larry Long

Copyright Larry Long 1995

*Chicky, Chicky Boom was written through a partnership with the PACERS Small School Cooperative, University of Alabama, and Community Celebration of Place.

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