Broke-Legged Chicken (1)

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 Theme code Index    5H3H5H5H 5H6H3H5H
 Also known as    Broken-Legged Chicken
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA/Central"USA/Central" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property., USA/Ozarks/Western Tenn"USA/Ozarks/Western Tenn" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Drew Beisswenger & Gordon McCann
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ozarks Fiddle Music
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 151
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2008
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BROKE-LEGGED CHICKEN [1]. AKA – “Broken-Legged Chicken.” Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Cumberland Plateau (Ky./Tenn. border area), Arkansas. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. In the repertoire of the African-American string band the John Lusk Band (Ky.). The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. In 1951 some 90 tunes were recorded in the field from Skeeter Walden by Irene Carlisle and Don West, "Broken-Legged Chicken" among them. Walden was an acquaintance of Randolph's and perhaps his source for the Ozark tune. Drew Beisswenger (2008) points to similarities to other Ozarks tunes such as "White River," "Bear Creek Sally Goodin'," and "Old Charlie Deckard."

Source for notated version: Jim 'Skeeter' Walden (1879-1956, Busch, north Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed source: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 151.


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