A popular song from 1945
Words by Sylvia Dee
Music by Sidney Lippman
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
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
Chorus:
Chickery chick, cha-la, cha-la
Check-a-la romey in a bananika
Bollika, wollika, can’t you see
Chickery chick is me
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 and 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