Which is the rooster? Which is the hen?
A popular song from 1925.
words by Edgar Leslie
music by James V. Monaco
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Hey! hey! women are going mad today
Hey! hey! fellers are just as bad, I’ll say
Go anywhere, just stand and stare
You’ll say they’re bugs when you look at the clothes they wear
Chorus
Masculine women! feminine men!
Which is the rooster? Which is the hen?
It’s hard to tell ’em apart today, and say
Sister is busy learning to shave
Brother just loves his permanent wave
It’s hard to tell ’em apart today, hey, hey
Girls were girls and boys were boys when I was a tot
Now we don’t know who is who or even what’s what
Knickers and trousers baggy and wide
Nobody knows who’s walking inside
Those masculine women and feminine men
- Stop! Look! Listen and you’ll agree with me
Things are not what they used to be, you’ll see
You say “Hello” to Uncle Joe
Then look again and you’ll find it’s your Auntie Flo
Chorus
Masculine women! feminine men!
Which is the rooster? Which is the hen?
It’s hard to tell ’em apart today, and say
Auntie is smoking, rolling her own
Uncle is always buying cologne
It’s hard to tell ’em apart today, hey, hey
You go in to give your girl a kiss in the hall
But instead, you find you’re kissing her brother Paul
Ma’s got a sweater up to her chin
Pa has a girdle holding him in
Those masculine women and feminine men
Sung here by Fred Feild: