The Turkey In the Straw

Well, I had an old hen and she had a wooden leg

Just the best old hen that ever laid an egg

Well, she laid more eggs than any hen on the farm

But another little drink wouldn't do her any harm

Turkey in the hay, in the hay, hay, hay

Turkey in the straw, in the straw, straw, straw

Pick 'em up, shake 'em up, any way at all

And hit up a tune called Turkey in the straw

Well, I hitched up the wagon and I drove down the road

With a two horse wagon and a four horse load

Well cracked my whip and the lead horse sprung

And I said goodbye to the wagon tongue

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Well, if frogs had wings and snakes had hair

And automobiles went a flying thro' the air

Well if watermelons grew on a huckleberry vine

We'd have winter in the summer time

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Oh, I went out to milk and I didn't know how

I milked a goat instead of a cow

A monkey sitting on a pile of straw

A winkin' his eyes at his mother in law

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Well, I come to the river and I couldn't get across

So I paid five dollars for an old blind horse

Well, he wouldn't go ahead and he wouldn't stand still

So he went up and down like an old saw mill

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Well, I raised some chickens that had three legs

Plump and Juicy, the size of whiskey kegs

One drumstick for ma and one for pa

And the third was for my mother in law

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My three legged chickens were quite a sight

I was asked how they taste most every night

But the truth is I really didn?t know

For they ran much faster than I could go

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