{"id":11185,"date":"2022-06-24T01:57:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T01:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=11185"},"modified":"2026-01-13T00:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T00:12:14","slug":"turkey-in-the-straw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/turkey-in-the-straw\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey in the Straw"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Intro]\r\n \r\nC<\/span> G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nC<\/span>\r\nAs I was a-gwine down the road\r\n                        G<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\nWith a tired team and a heavy load\r\nC<\/span>\r\nI crack'd my whip and the leader sprung\r\n                      G<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\nI says day-day to the wagon tongue\r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\nC<\/span>                   F<\/span>\r\nTurkey in the straw turkey in the hay\r\nC<\/span>\r\nRoll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw\r\n                               G<\/span>             C<\/span>\r\nAnd twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nC<\/span>\r\nWent out to milk and I didn't know how\r\n                     G<\/span>           C<\/span>\r\nI milked the goat instead of the cow\r\nC<\/span>\r\nA monkey sittin' on a pile of straw\r\n                 G<\/span>         C<\/span>\r\nA-winkin' at his mother-in-law\r\n\r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\nC<\/span>                   F<\/span>\r\nTurkey in the straw turkey in the hay\r\nC<\/span>\r\nRoll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw\r\n                               G<\/span>             C<\/span>\r\nAnd twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nC<\/span>\r\nMet Mr. Catfish comin' down stream\r\n                  G<\/span>             C<\/span>\r\nSays Mr. Catfish \"What does you mean?\"\r\nC<\/span>\r\nCaught Mr. Catfish by the snout\r\n                       G<\/span>          C<\/span>\r\nAnd turned Mr. Catfish wrong side out\r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\nC<\/span>                   F<\/span>\r\nTurkey in the straw turkey in the hay\r\nC\r\nRoll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw\r\n                               G             C\r\nAnd twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nC\r\nCame to a river and I couldn't get across\r\n                       G          C\r\nPaid five dollars for a blind old hoss\r\nC\r\nWouldn't go ahead nor he wouldn't stand still\r\n                               G       C\r\nSo he went up and down like an old saw mill\r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\nC                   F\r\nTurkey in the straw turkey in the hay\r\nC\r\nRoll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw\r\n                               G             C\r\nAnd twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw\r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\nC\r\nAs I came down the new cut road\r\n                 G        C\r\nMet Mr. Bullfrog met Miss Toad\r\nC\r\nAnd every time Miss Toad would sing\r\n                   G      C\r\nOld Bullfrog cut a pigeon wing\r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\nC                   F\r\nTurkey in the straw turkey in the hay\r\nC\r\nRoll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw\r\n                               G             C\r\nAnd twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw\r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\nC\r\nOh I jumped in the seat and I gave a little yell\r\n                              G            C\r\nThe horses ran away broke the wagon all to hell\r\nC\r\nSugar in the gourd and honey in the horn\r\n                                G         C\r\nI never been so happy since the day I was born\r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\nC                   F\r\nTurkey in the straw turkey in the hay\r\nC\r\nRoll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw\r\n                               G             C\r\nAnd twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw\r\n
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SHEET MUSIC [Intro] C G C [Verse 1] C As I was a-gwine down the road G C With a tired team and a heavy load C I crack’d my whip and the leader sprung G C I says day-day to the wagon tongue [Refrain] C F Turkey in the … CLICK TO VIEW SONGTurkey in the Straw<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-songpics-sheetmusic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29336,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11185\/revisions\/29336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}