Turkey in the Straw
(source: "The World's Best Funny Songs", Esther J. Nelson, 1988.)
- Oh, as I was a goin' down the road,
- With a tired team and a heavy load,
- I cracked my whip and leader sprung,
- I says good-day to the wagon tongue.
Chorus:
- Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay,
- Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay,
- Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw,
- And play a little 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.
Oh, I 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' his eyes at his mother-in-law.
Well, I met Mr. Catfish comin' down stream,
- Says Mr. Catfish, "What do you mean?"
- I caught Mr. Catfish by the snout,
- And I turned Mr. Catfish wrong side out.
Well, I came to a river and I couldn't get across,
- So I paid five dollars for a blind old hoss;
- He wouldn't go ahead, and he wouldn't stand still,
- So we went up and down like an old saw mill.
As I came down the new cut road,
- I met Mr. Bullfrog, I met Miss Toad,
- And every time Miss Toad would sing,
- Old Bullfrog cut a pigeon wing.
Oh, I had an old hen and she had a wooden leg,
- She was the best darn hen that ever laid an egg;
- She laid more eggs than any hen on the farm,
- And a little competition didn't do her any harm.
Well, if frogs had wings and snakes had hair
- And automobiles went flying through the air;
- Well, if watermelons grew on a huckleberry vine,
- We'd all have winter in the summertime.