Misc Traditional – Turkey In The Straw (Guitar)

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[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 straw turkey in the hay

C
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw

                               G             C
And twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw

[Verse 2]

C
Went out to milk and I didn't know how

                     G           C
I milked the goat instead of the cow

C
A monkey sittin' on a pile of straw

                 G         C                
A-winkin' at his mother-in-law

[Refrain]

C                   F
Turkey in the straw turkey in the hay

C
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw

                               G             C
And twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw

[Verse 3]

C
Met Mr. Catfish comin' down stream

                  G             C
Says Mr. Catfish "What does you mean?"

C
Caught Mr. Catfish by the snout

                       G          C
And turned Mr. Catfish wrong side out

[Refrain]

C                   F
Turkey in the straw turkey in the hay

C
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw

                               G             C
And twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw

[Verse 4]

C
Came to a river and I couldn't get across

                       G          C
Paid five dollars for a blind old hoss

C
Wouldn't go ahead nor he wouldn't stand still

                               G       C
So he went up and down like an old saw mill

[Refrain]

C                   F
Turkey in the straw turkey in the hay

C
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw

                               G             C
And twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw

[Verse 5]

C
As I came down the new cut road

                 G        C
Met Mr. Bullfrog met Miss Toad

C
And every time Miss Toad would sing

                   G      C
Old Bullfrog cut a pigeon wing

[Refrain]

C                   F
Turkey in the straw turkey in the hay

C
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw

                               G             C
And twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw

[Verse 6]

C
Oh I jumped in the seat and I gave a little yell

                              G            C
The horses ran away broke the wagon all to hell

C
Sugar in the gourd and honey in the horn

                                G         C
I never been so happy since the day I was born

[Refrain]

C                   F
Turkey in the straw turkey in the hay

C
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw

                               G             C
And twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw