Back in April, as it has for the last four years, United Poultry Concerns promised to protest at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. The event was marred by rain, but that wasn’t about deter UPC. In a report for their Summer 2001 Poultry Press, UPC claimed that the “Big Chicken in the Sky Rains out Egg Roll, Not UPC.”
Apparently UPC handed out a pamphlet to kids and parents containing song lyrics written by Karen Davis meant to be sung to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Somehow I don’t think this is destined to become a children’s classic, but you can judge from the lyrics,
Chicken, chicken, why aren't you With your mother hen so true? Pecking, playing, running around Taking sunbaths on the ground. Chicken, chicken, why aren't you With your mother hen so true?Chicken, chicken, why aren't you? With your sisters and brothers, too? Scratching, running, having fun, Taking dustbaths in the sun. Chicken, chicken, why aren't you With your sisters and brothers, too?
Chicken, chicken, baby bird May your cheeping cries be heard, Hushed and soothed by those who see We are all one family. Chicken, chicken, why aren't you With your mother hen so true?
I suspect those lyrics made even the “Big Chicken in the Sky” cringe.
Source:
Big Chicken in the Sky Rains out Egg Roll, Not UPC. United Poultry Concerns, Summer 2001.