====== #1172 - Turkey in the Straw ======
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  *Composer:
    *traditional
    *first popularized in the late 1820s
  *Also known as:
    *Nachez Under the Hill
    *Old Zip Coon
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  *[[:incipit]]: 32121713456545123
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 32121713456545123
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
As I was a-gwine down the road,\\
With a tired team and a heavy load,\\
I crack'd my whip and the leader sprung,\\
I says day-day to the wagon tongue.\\
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Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay,\\
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw\\
And twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw.\\
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Went out to milk, and I didn't know how,\\
I milked the goat instead of the cow.\\
A monkey sittin' on a pile of straw,\\
A-winkin' at his mother-in-law.\\
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Met Mr. Catfish comin' down stream.\\
Says Mr. Catfish, "What does you mean?"\\
Caught Mr. Catfish by the snout,\\
And turned Mr. Catfish wrong side out.\\
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Came to a river and I couldn't get across,\\
Paid five dollars for a blind old hoss;\\
Wouldn't go ahead, nor he wouldn't stand still,\\
So he went up and down like an old saw mill.\\
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As I came down the new cut road,\\
Met Mr. Bullfrog, met Miss Toad\\
And every time Miss Toad would sing,\\
Old Bullfrog cut a pigeon wing.\\
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Oh I jumped in the seat and I gave a little yell\\
The horses ran away, broke the wagon all to hell\\
Sugar in the gourd and honey in the horn\\
I never been so happy since the day I was born.\\
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    *//(traditional)//