the lyrics i hear in CDB song and a few others use the phrase- chicken in the bread pan pickin out dough.
where did that come from ?
Edited by - Owen on 05/03/2026 06:31:33
Common sense would say that back when people baked their own bread, they had a bread pan that had crumbs or burnt on pieces on the bred pan and gave it to the chickens to peck clean. I don't know if that's right or not, but it makes sense.
I always thought it was "scatching"
https://home.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/applechicken1265.html
I've heard it all my life as, "Picking out dough", but I don't know where it came from. I think it was here before I was and I'm 78.
I remember the phrase from square-dance callers long before I even thought about playing music. I heard it as “picking up dough,” and I’ve always thought it referred to raw chicken being rolled in flour, etc. prior to frying. I was an urban child, and it never occurred to me that. It might mean live chickens.
Edited by - Bill Rogers on 05/03/2026 23:21:03
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