“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get away from the bagpipe recital.”

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A bagpipe version is:
   
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To get away from the bagpipe recital.
 
The joke was posted on the newsgroup rec.music.makers.bagpipe on March 7, 1995.
     
 
Google Groups: rec.music.makers.bagpipe
bagpipe humor (long)
Rick Damon
3/7/95
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Q. Why did the chicken cross the road?
A. To get away from the bagpipe recital.
     
Google Groups: alt.tasteless.jokes
Two bagpipe jokes
Little Miss Moral
8/10/96
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Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get away from the bagpipe recital.
 
December 2004, Citizen Airman (Washington, DC), “The Pipes Are Calling” by Jason Tudor, pg. 22:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get away from the bagpipe recital.
     
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1:05 AM - 20 Jul 2009
     
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Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
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Q. Why did the chicken cross the road? A. To get away from the bagpipe recital.
 
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Q. Why did the chicken cross the road? A. To get away from the bagpipe recital.
 
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