i'm actually just very curious what the history of the phrase "Nobody here but us chickens!" is/what it might be a reference to lol
some google searching pretty reliably led me to an old song titled "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens", is that it?
Topic: "Nobody here but us chickens!"
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Apparently the first recorded instance of the phrase is in a reader-submitted joke in a 1908 issue of Everybody's Magazine:
A Southerner, hearing a great commotion in his chicken-house one dark night, took his revolver and went to investigate.
"Who's there?" he sternly demanded, opening the door.
No Answer.
"Who's there? Answer, or I'll shoot!"
A trembling voice from the farthest corner:
"'Deed, sah, dey ain't nobody hyah 'ceptin' us chickens."
pleaseletmein said:
Apparently the first recorded instance of the phrase is in a reader-submitted joke in a 1908 issue of Everybody's Magazine:
oooooo that’s interesting