TURKEY IN THE STRAW
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Well, I had an old hen and she had a wooden leg,
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Just the best old hen that ever laid and egg,
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She laid more eggs than any hen on the farm,
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But another little drink wouldn't do her any harm.
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CHORUS
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Turkey in the hay, in the hay, hay, hay!
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Turkey in the straw, in the straw, straw, straw!
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Pick 'em up, shake 'em up, any way at all,
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And hit up a tune called 'Turkey in the Straw'.
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Well, I hitched up the wagon and I drove down the road,
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With a two horse wagon and a four horse load,
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Well I cracked my whip and the lead horse sprung,
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And I said "Goodbye" to the wagon tongue.
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CHORUS
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Well, if frogs had wings and snakes had hair,
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And automobiles went flyin' thro' the air,
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Well, if watermelons grew on a huckleberry vine,
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We'd still have winter in the summer time.
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CHORUS
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Oh, I went out to milk and I didn't know how,
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I milked an old goat instead of a cow,
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A monkey sittin' there on a pile of straw,
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A-winkin' his eyes at his mother-in-law.
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CHORUS
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Well, I come to the river and I couldn't get across,
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So I paid five dollars for an old blind horse,
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Well, he wouldn't go ahead and he wouldn't stand still,
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So he went up and down like an old saw mill.
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CHORUS
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Turkey In The Straw
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| Wynn Stewart |
