Turkey in the Straw Traditional

Artwork by Cameron Waff

Well I had a little chicken but she wouldn't lay an egg So I poured hot water up and down her leg Well the little chicken cried, and the little chicken begged The little chicken laid me up a hard-boiled egg! Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay Roll 'em up, twist 'em up - a - high tuck-a-haw And twist 'em up a tune called the Turkey in the Straw Well, I went to the river but I couldn't get across So I paid five dollars for an old blind horse Well, he wouldn't go ahead but he wouldn't stand still He just went up and down like an old saw mill Chorus Well I had a little duck and his name was “Blue” And a white duck, pretty duck, he was, too Well the skin on his chest was as tight as a drum Every time he took a step he went “Tweedle-dum-a-dum” Chorus Well I went down to Asheville and I walked around a block And I walked right into the bakery shop I pulled two doughnuts right out of the grease And I handed the lady a five cent piece Well..... she..... looked at the nickel and she looked at me And she said, "This nickel's no good, you see There's a hole in the middle and it’s all the way through." Says I, "There's a hole in your doughnuts too!" Chorus Well if frogs had wings and snakes had hair And automobiles went a flyin’ through the air Well if watermelons grew on a huckleberry vine We’d all have winter in the summertime Chorus Did you ever go a-fishin' on a hot summer day And you walked on a log, and the log gave away? Sugar in the gourd and honey in the horn Never been so happy since the day I was born Chorus

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