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