Chicken Reel

A traditional or public-domain selection preserved in the band’s working songbook.

Status: traditional/public domain or hymn/fiddle tune
Writer / source: Joseph M. Daly / credited early ragtime dance tune sources; now traditional fiddle repertoire
Rights: Public domain in the United States. Traditional arrangement by The Scrips.
Related Scrips recording: No Scrips recording linked yet.

Source research

Documented lineage

Earliest evidence: 1910s sheet-music/dance-band era
Aliases / index: No alternate title or index recorded.
Working arrangement: Key G · Capo 0

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Lyrics + source text

Working song sheet

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Chicken Reel
Joseph M. Daly / credited early ragtime dance tune sources; now traditional fiddle repertoire
Rights: public-domain-us

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Archive note

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Chords

G · D · C