Content: Cover design depicts African-American man, possibly the thief in the song, walking out of a barn holding two chickens with two chickens walking around him, on a red background.
Content: Cover design includes photograph of Bob Cole.
Content: On cover: sung with great sucess by Bob Cole of Cole & Johnson, with A Trip to Coon-Town Co.
Content: Stamped on lower right hand corner of cover: Saalfield's, 1160 Broadway.
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by Deas and Wilson.
Date: Copyright date: 1899

Physical Description

Extent: 8 p. ; 35 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21736880
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21738653
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 41ae44a0-c594-012f-c7d5-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1899

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "All I wants is ma chickens" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41ae44a0-c594-012f-c7d5-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). All I wants is ma chickens Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41ae44a0-c594-012f-c7d5-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "All I wants is ma chickens" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41ae44a0-c594-012f-c7d5-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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