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Turkey in the Straw
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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