Title: Turkey in the Straw
Subtitle: Square Dance
Artist:
Album: folk
Author: Anonymous
Copyright:
Tabled by: MartinAltenbeck@web.de
Instructions:
Notices: Das Lied vom "Truthahn im Stroh" gehört zu den
Melodien, die gern zum Square Dance gespielt
werden. Aus der Tradition der Minstrel Shows
stammend, diente diese schwungvolle Tanzmelodie
auch als Vorlage für Jazz-Arrangements und als
Ragtime für Sologitarre.

Tempo: 126 BPM
Tracks: 2
Instruments:
Bars: 37

Lyric

There's a country dance
At the only hole in town
And everybody comes from all around
They want to hear a gobble
And that scratching on the ground
They come from far and wide
To hear that turkey sound

[Chorus:]
Turkey in the straw
Haw, haw, haw
Turkey in the hay
Hay, hay, hay
And the old folks dance
With their mother-in-law
As they dance to a tune
We call turkey and the straw

They dance to the left
And they dance to the right
They dance to the tune
All thorough the night
And a shriek and a gasp
It gave them such a fright
A turkey dancing with them
What a wonderful sight

[Chorus: Repeat 2X]