# The Chicken Dance

## Classification

- Queue shelf: light
- Current website category: archive
- Research category: copyrighted-outside
- Rights status: copyright-restricted-or-permission-needed
- Confidence: restricted

## Writer / Source

Werner Thomas; later adaptations/publishing vary by territory

## Earliest Located Evidence

Modern novelty tune from twentieth-century Europe

## Context

Modern copyrighted novelty tune; do not publish lyrics/chords without permission.

## Rights Assessment

The package uses the current U.S. public-domain rule of thumb that U.S. works published before 1931 are public domain in 2026, while modern works and later arrangements need separate clearance. For traditional material, the underlying tune/text may be public domain while The Scrips arrangement and any modern variant source remain separate rights questions.

## Source Links

- https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/the-chicken-dance.txt
- Existing site status: audio/reference, listed in master repertoire, unknown
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; reference audio file present
- Audio/reference file noted by site metadata: Music-Reference/Fiddle-Tune-Audio/Fiddle Tunes/The Chicken Dance.mp3

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: not documented
- Capo: not documented
- Tuning/comment: not documented

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: none documented in this pass
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- None blocking for a conservative website import; still recommended to spot-check final public copy.