The Leake County Revellers' version has the chorus and the first 2 verses in common with the text given above. They sing the 'owl' verse twice and the chorus repeatedly. They sing one other verse which I do not have the inclination to try to decipher - something about '14 years' and the chicken 'done gone away'. Dale's recollection is correct - it was recorded in New Orleans on 27 April 1928.

I am sure there is another oldtimey song about loving chicken pie, but so far I have only been able to turn up Uncle Dave Macon's 'Bake that Chicken Pie' a rather racist little ditty about 'darkies', 'chicken coops', 'bulldogs' and 'watermelon patches'. I'll keep looking.

Cheers, Stewie.