i got a little red rooster to lays it ll crow for day i got a little red rooster to lays it ll crow for day he keeps everything in the barnyard upsetting every way the dogs begin to bark the hounds begin howl the dogs begin to bark the hounds begin to howl watch out all you kin folk my little red rooster s on the prowl he keeps all the hens biding among themselves peace for the hens biding among themselves he don t want no hens in the barnyard laying eggs for nobody else oh yeah oh mmmmmm play your song mmmmm yeah let me tell everybody well if you see my red rooster oh send him home said if you see my red rooster oh send him home i ain t had no peace in the barnyard since my little red rooster s been gone oh little red rooster won t somebody send him home oh i want my little red rooster oh send him home oh somebody send my red rooster he s been gone too long oh come home send him on home send him on home send him on home send him on home i want that red rooster won t somebody send him home oh i ain t had no peace in the barnyard oh since my red rooster s been gone  somebody somebody send him on home send him on home send that rooster send him on home