Chicken Hawk From the album Betty Hutton at the Saints & Sinners Ball Written by Pleasant Joseph and Peter Wendell © 1959 Warner Bros Music Co. Released on Warner Bros WS-1267 Recorded 1959 Music Arranged and Conducted by Jerry Fielding Tenor Saxophone Solo by Plas Johnson Running Time: 2 mins 33 secs Lyrics: Well I know a chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk Yes I know a chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk She fell head over heels for that hawk’s sweet talk She said please mister hawky, will ya take me up in the sky Please mister hawky, take me up in the sky I’m just a itty bitty chicken and I don’t know how to fly He said, “Come on baby!” Up, up and away, we gonna fly all day Up, up, up and away, we gonna fly all day Up, up, up and away She met a bald headed eagle way up there in the blue Bald headed eagle way out there in the blue And the eagle told the hawk, “I’m gonna steal that chicken from you!” But the hawk got off like a supersonic jet The hawk got off like a supersonic jet He said cool cool mama, cause the eagle ain’t got us yet Well now, up, up and away, we gonna fly all day Up, up and away, we gonna fly all day Up, up, up and away Well now, up, up and away, we gonna fly all day I said up, up and away, we gonna fly all day Up, up, up and away One more time! Up, up, up and away, we gonna fly all day You know I gotcha where I wantcha And I’m never gonna letcha get away, fly away Gotcha where I wantcha and I’m never gonna letcha Gotcha where I wantcha and I’m never gonna letcha Fly away