Turkey in the Straw

Came to the river and I couldn't get across
Paid five dollars for an old blind horse
Wouldn't go ahead, nor he wouldn't stand still
So he went up and down like an old saw mill

Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw
And hit 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw

0 I jumped in the seat, and I gave a little yell
The horses run away, broke the wagon all to hell;
Sugar in the gourd and honey in the horn
I never was so happy since the hour I was born

Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw
And hit 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw

Said the tooler to the driller, "Will you dance me a jig?"
"O yes, by golly, if I tear down the rig."
So he took down the wrench that the contractor stole
And he danced a jig around the ten-inch hole

Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw
And hit 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw