[Verse 1]
Today our dear friend
Chicken soup
This very ordinary day
Boiled up a pot of
Chicken soup
And swallowed it away

[Chorus]
A-lack! A-day!
O woe! Oy vey!
He swallowed it away!
Now listen to what I'm gonna say

[Verse 2]
A little bone, a bitty thing
No bigger than my pinky—
He swallowed hot
From out that pot
In quicker than a winky

[Bridge]
He gulped that soup
Let out a whoop!
And fell down croaking
On the stoop
And he choked!
And he sagged!
And he smothered!
And he gagged!
And he let out a scream!
And he let out a moan!
[Verse 3]
Then he cried
'Cause he died
From choking on a bone
On such an ordinary day
Like today

[Chorus]
A-lack! A-day!
O woe! Oy vey!
On an ordinary day
Chicken soup passed away!