"A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird"

"A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird"
Cab Calloway
Originally released in 1941
Featured on Cab Calloway: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
Jazz
CD (this version obviously, originally vinyl)
B-

Yes, a salute to fried chicken (and boiled, broiled, etc.), but it's not about stereotypes.  "It was a dish for old Caesar, also King Henry the Third*, but Columbus was smart, said, 'You can't fool me.  A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird.' "

*I guess it would be too hard to rhyme "eighth."