Name: Honky Tonkin' Bayou Chicken Train
Channel: Steve Amesbury
Description: This is a recording of my folk group, the Pago Bay Reefers. This song is written and performed by Steve Amesbury.

This is a recording of my folk group, the Pago Bay Reefers. This song is written and performed by Steve Amesbury.

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Mike Siegel

country rock, reggae, pop

My name is Mike Siegel. I'm an aspiring songwriter, and these tunes are worktapes for getting critiques on various bulletin boards. Feel free to listen and comment.

Song Info

Genre

Pop • Dance-Pop

Charts

Peak #80

Peak in subgenre #9

Author

Steve Amesbury

Rights

2003

Uploaded

April 15, 2004

Track Files

MP3

MP3 1.9 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Lyrics

THE HONKY TONKIN? BAYOU CHICKEN TRAIN  Steve Amesbury 2002

Well late one night I went down to the station,
I knew I didn?t have much time to lose.
But the only train they had, it looked pretty bad,
It was carryin? poultry down to Baton Rouge.
Then I heard that sheriff?s voice, Looks like I got no choice,
I took the Honky Tonkin? Bayou Chicken Train.

I hopped on as it pulled out of the station.
I tried to find a quiet place to rest.
The car was might dark, I heard an awful squawk,
I must have sat down in some pullet?s nest.
But that?s the price you pay, when you?ve got to get away
On the Honky Tonkin? Bayou Chicken Train.
 
Them chickens they commenced to acting restless
I thought a fiddle tune might calm?em down
As the train went through Mobile, I played the Chicken Reel
Strivin? for that high and lonesome sound.
Well the hens just liked it fine, started dancin? in a line
On the Honky Tonkin? Bayou Chicken Train.