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'''WHERE THE CHICKEN GOT THE AX.''' Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. C Major (‘A’ part) & G Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A different tune than Henry Reed’s “[[Somebody Else is Getting it where the Chicken Got the A-X-E]].” "Where the Chicken Got the Ax" is the name of a popular song written in 1892, music by William B. Glenroy and words by Harry Mayo. It begins: 
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''In the contry once a farmer killed a chicken with an axe.''<br>
''Just by striking him a single little blow;''<br>
''But I noticed he took extra care to land upon his neck,''<br>
''And the poor old rooster gave his final crow.''<br>
''Then I quickly told the farmer that I thought he was a brute.''<br>
''And I got so mad I challenged him to fight.''<br>
''Then he threw aside his axe and said, I'll give you fight enough.''<br>
''When he made a rush and hit me all his might.''<br>
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''And I got it where the chicken got the axe,''<br>
''Just because I made too many sassy cracks;''<br>
''But his blow I failed to check, so it landed on my neck,''<br>
''Just exactly where the chicken got the axe.''<br>
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''Source for notated version'': Ben Turner (Harper County, Oklahoma) [Thede]. 
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''Printed sources'': Thede ('''The Fiddle Book'''), 1967; p. 125.
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