[Verse 1]
Got a little red rooster
And that rooster lay just to crow for day (*crowing*)
I got a little red rooster
That rooster, he lay to crow for day (*crowing*)
I know he keeps everything in the barnyard, hey hey, upset in every way

[Verse 2]
I heard the dog next door bark (*barking*), and my hound, he began to howl (*howling*)
I heard the dog bark, oh, my hound, he began to howl (*howling*)
I said you better watch out, all you girls
Big Mama's red rooster, he's now on the prowl

[Verse 3]
Because he keeps all the hen, whoa, keep them fighting among themselves
(*clucking*)
Woo, you know he keeps all the hen, whoa-oh, keep them fighting among themselves (*clucking*)
Because he don't want his hen, no, laying any extra on no one else
Talkin' 'bout that red rooster, ah yeah

[Verse 4]
If you see my red rooster
Please send that rooster back home
Whoa yeah, if you see, see my red rooster
Please, please send him back home
Because we haven't had no peace in the barnyard
Since the little red rooster
I'm talkin' 'bout the little red rooster
I mean that little bitty rooster
Yo! Cocky doodle doo
Child, since the little red rooster, rooster, rooster, rooster been gone, yeah yeah