Riley's Hen House Door-Riley Puckett/Jan Howard

[ti:Riley's Hen House Door] [ar:Riley Puckett] [al:Country Music Pioneer vol 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Riley's Hen House Door - Riley Puckett/Jan Howard [00:02.25]I rode up to the farmer's gate [00:05.34]And I blowed my horn both soon and late [00:08.44]The farmer's dog he wouldn't bark nor bite [00:11.36]But the son of a gun he could read and write [00:13.70] [00:14.27]Now who broke that lock [00:15.25] [00:16.12]I don't know [00:16.65] [00:17.37]Who broke the lock on the hen house door [00:19.49] [00:20.10]I'll find out before I go [00:22.42] [00:22.98]Who broke the lock on the hen house door [00:25.44] [00:37.09]As I was a going through the field [00:39.34] [00:40.00]A black snake caught me by the heel [00:42.13] [00:42.75]I turned around to do my best [00:45.11]And my left foot slipped in a hornet's nest [00:47.51] [00:48.02]Now who broke that lock [00:49.08] [00:49.71]I don't know [00:50.23] [00:50.93]Who broke the lock on the hen house door [00:53.45]I'll find out before I go [00:55.63] [00:56.20]Who broke the lock on the hen house door [00:59.53] [01:10.20]Now down in the hen house on my knees [01:12.82]I thought I heard a chicken sneeze [01:15.66]Nothing but a rooster saying his prayers [01:17.62] [01:18.27]And giving out the hymns to the hens upstairs [01:20.20] [01:20.78]Now who broke that lock [01:21.82] [01:22.51]I don't know [01:23.08] [01:23.73]Who broke the lock on the hen house door [01:25.78] [01:26.31]I'll find out before I go [01:28.20] [01:28.90]Who broke the lock on the hen house door [01:31.71] [01:42.41]Now a hen and a rooster lived away out west [01:44.51] [01:45.07]Said the hen to the rooster [01:46.57]I love you best [01:47.80]The rooster told the hen [01:48.95]Youse a pop eyed liar [01:50.36]I caught you in the alley with a big shanghai [01:52.51] [01:53.05]Now who broke that lock [01:54.47]I don't know [01:55.11] [01:55.74]Who broke the lock on the hen house door [01:58.31]I'll find out before I go [02:01.02]Who broke the lock on the hen house door [02:04.01] [02:15.24]Now there was an old rooster about 40 years old [02:17.31] [02:17.98]Who done a lot of things we never been told [02:19.81] [02:20.50]His toes turned up till he couldn't scratch [02:22.38] [02:22.95]But the young hens say that his eggs still hatch [02:25.10] [02:25.62]Now who broke that lock [02:26.55] [02:27.08]I don't know [02:27.74] [02:28.48]Who broke the lock on the hen house door [02:30.97]I'll find out before I go [02:33.09] [02:33.65]Who broke the lock on the hen house door