Where the Chicken Got the Ax
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Where the Chicken Got the Ax" is an old-time two-step in 2/4 time and C Major<br> (‘A’ part) & G Major (‘B’ part). The parts are played A'ABA.<br> It was collected by Marion Thede from Ben Turner of Harper County, Oklahoma who played<br> it "at dance speed".<br> "Where the Chicken Got the Ax" is the name of a popular comic song written in 1892, music by<br> William B. Glenroy and words by Harry Mayo. It is written as a schottische.<br> This is a different tune than Henry Reed’s "Somebody Else is Getting it where the<br> Chicken Got the A-X-E".<br> It was printed in Thede's The Fiddle Book (1967).<br>
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