Chicken Scratch
Rufus Thomas * Track #20 On Stax Singles 4: Rarities & The Best Of The Rest
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Album Stax Singles 4: Rarities & The Best Of The Rest
- #1
Deep Down InsideCarla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
- #2Yeah, Ye-ah
Rufus & Friend
- #3All the Way
Prince Conley
- #4I’ll Never Give Her Up (My Friend)
Canes
- #5Just Enough to Hurt Me
The Astors
- #6I Found A Brand New Love
Eddie Kirk
- #7Fine and Mellow
Rufus Thomas
- #8Fannie Mae
Booker T. & The MG’s
- #9Sassy
Floyd Newman
- #10I Want To Get Married
Rufus Thomas
- #11That’s The Way It Goes
Bobby Marchan
- #12
Shake UpThe Cobras
- #13You Belong to Her
Barbara & The Browns
- #14Watchdog
Dorothy Williams
- #15
Free For AllBaracudas
- #16I Don’t Want Trouble
Barbara & The Browns
- #17Sweet Thing
Gorgeous George
- #18
I Found OutThe Astors
- #19We’re Tight
Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
- #20Chicken Scratch
Rufus Thomas
- #21Weak Spot
Ruby Johnson
- #22Talkin’ Bout True Love
Rufus Thomas
- #23If You Give Up What You Got (You’ll See What You Lost)
Mable John
- #24A Small Portion Of Your Love
Sam & Dave
- #25Don’t Get Caught
Mable John
- #26I’m So Glad You’re Back
Shirley Walton
- #27We’ve Just Been Feeling Bad
Delaney & Bonnie
- #28I Don’t Know
Linda Lyndell
- #29Love-Eye-Tis
Judy Clay & William Bell
- #30Remove These Clouds
Judy Clay
- #31Stay With Us
The Staple Singers
- #32
So Hard To Get Along WithRufus Thomas
- #33I Like What You’re Doing To Me
Jeanne & The Darlings
- #34
Over EasyBooker T. & The MG’s
- #35Shouldn’t I Love Him
Mable John
- #36Left Over Love
Judy Clay & William Bell
- #37Sweet Things You Do
Jimmy Hughes
- #38Grab a Handful
Art Jerry Miller
- #39
Consider MeEddie Floyd
- #40Soul Clap ’69
Booker T. & The MG’s
- #41Standing in the Need of Your Love
Jeanne & The Darlings
- #42I Thank You
The Bar-Kays
- #43Make it Good
The Soul Children
- #44I’ll Be Your Everything
Ollie & The Nightingales
- #45Let Me Ride
William Bell
- #46Sunday Sermon
Booker T. & The MG’s
- #47Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)
Carla Thomas
- #48A Love Affair That Bears No Pain
Shack
- #49Just a Little Overcome
The Nightingales
- #50Mannish Boy
The Newcomers
- #51Let Love Fill Your Heart
Ilana (Stax)
- #52Ridin’ on Love’s Merry-Go-Round
The Soul Children
- #53I Can’t Win for Losing
Hot Sauce (Stax)
- #54Ain’t Nobody Like Me Baby
Lee Sain
- #55Echoes From the Past
Hot Sauce (Stax)
- #56Did My Baby Call
The Mad Lads
- #57Baby I’m-A Want You
Isaac Hayes & David Porter
- #58
Pick Up The PiecesJean Knight
- #59Stop Teasing Me
Johnnie Taylor
- #60Type Thang
Isaac Hayes
- #61In Love With You
John Gary Williams
- #62Since I Lost My Baby’s Love
Major Lance
- #63Mama’s Baby (Daddy’s Maybe)
Hot Sauce (Stax)
- #64Poem on the School House Door
The Soul Children
- #65That Makes Christmas Day
Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
- #66
What’s Your ThingThe Staple Singers
- #67Yes Sir Brother
Shirley Brown
- #68Funny
Hot Sauce (Stax)
- #69Let’s Make A Deal
Frederick Knight
- #70Can’t Give You Up (I Love You Too Much)
The Green Brothers
- #71Jut Ain’t no Love (Without You Here)
John Gary Williams
- #72I Wanna Be Your Baby
Billy Eckstine
- #73Why Did It Take So Long
Chuck Boris
- #74
Why Did It Take So LongBarbara Lewis
- #75Slip Away
O.B. McClinton
- #76When Something Is Wrong
Billy Eckstine
- #77Good Times Are Coming
Ben Atkins
- #78Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You
O.B. McClinton
- #79Would I Be Better Gone?
Big Ben (Stax)
- #80Black Cat Moan
Don Nix
- #81She’s a Friend of Mine
Don Nix
- #82Conquistadores ’74
Chico Hamilton
- #83The Way I’m Needing You
Cliff Cochran
- #84Let’s Get Together
Connie Eaton
- #85The Way I’m Needing You
Karan Casey
- #86For A Little While
The Goodees
- #87And I Love You
Bobby Whitlock
- #88Condition Red
The Goodees
- #89Family Portrait
Billy Lee Riley
- #90The Children Have Your Tongue
This Generation
- #91Show Me Your Soul
Billy Lee Riley
- #92Hey Jack (Don’t Hijack My Plane)
The Village Squad & The Regular Crew
- #93Goodies
The Goodees
- #94Miss Rita Famous
Paris Pilot
- #95Someone Something
Black Oak Arkansas
- #96
In the StreetBig Star
- #97Say What You Mean (Single Edit)
The Hot Dogs (USA)
- #98
O My SoulBig Star
- #99I Walk the Line
The Hot Dogs (USA)
- #100September Gurls
Big Star
- #101The Assassination
The Dixie Nightingales
- #102Hush Hush
The Dixie Nightingales
- #103I Don’t Know
The Dixie Nightingales
- #104Forgive These Fools
The Dixie Nightingales
- #105Hello Sunshine
Rev. Maceo Woods And The Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir
- #106Tryin’ Time
Pops Staples
- #107
There’s Gonna Be A ShowdownThe Rance Allen Group
- #108
That Will Be Good Enough for MeThe Rance Allen Group
- #109Better Get a Move On
Louise McCord
- #110
SatisfiedCharles May & Annette May Thomas
- #111
I Got To Be MyselfThe Rance Allen Group
- #112He Included Me
The People’s Choir Of Operation Push
- #113
We’re The Salt Of The EarthThe Rance Allen Group
- #114Reflections
Louise McCord
- #115
Ain’t No Need Of CryingThe Rance Allen Group
Chicken Scratch by Rufus Thomas
Performed by
Rufus ThomasChicken Scratch Lyrics
Back of the hen house the other night
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
It was awful dark and I had no light
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
Scramble around got hold of a goose
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
Got the little thing, had turned him loose
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
(Chicken!)
(Chicken scratch)
Chicken scratch
(Chicken!)
(Chicken scratch)
Chicken scratch
Down behind the hen house on my knees
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
Thought I heard a chicken sneeze
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
Sneezed so loud with a whoop and cough
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
Squeezed his head and the tail broke off
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
Yeah hey!
(Chicken!)
(Chicken scratch)
Chicken scratch
(Chicken!)
(Chicken scratch)
Chicken scratch
You take a one-step back and you ball and jack
You shim-shim-shimmy and you pull the tack
You make a little break the you turn it around
Fall off the log and you jump on down!
Out in the wild wood sitting on a log
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
With my finger on the trigger and my eyes on the hog
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
I pulled the trigger and my gun went zip
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
Jumped on the hog with all my grip!
(Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka-chic)
(Chicken!)
(Chicken scratch)
Chicken scratch
(Chicken!)
(Chicken scratch)
Chicken scratch
Everybody, do the Chicken Scratch
Everybody, do the Chicken Scratch
Everybody, do the Chicken Scratch
Everybody, do the Chicken Scratch