"Chicken Reel"
![[image of music]](FFsniply-Chicken Reel.png)
Reel, Dmaj, AA.
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Playing or Personal Notes:
Although this tune has 2 parts, we only use part A (fiddle only), as part 1 of the 'Chicken Set'.
History
The Chicken reel was originally composed as a Rag by Joseph M. Daly in 1910, with lyrics added in 1910 by Joseph Mittenthal.
Wikipedia reports;
Originally composed as a novelty song, it has since passed into modern folk tradition. Today, the tune is usually played without the words...
On the Web:
| the Session | Fiddler's Companion | IrishTune | Wikipedia |
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