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"Turkey in the Straw" is an American folk song that first gained popularity for fiddlers in the early 19th century. The melody is in a major key and in common time (
aka 4
4), tho' sometimes it has been scored in 2
4. In the age of Tin Pan Alley, "Turkey in the Straw" was transcribed and copyrighted in 1899 by Otto Bonnell (1855–1927), who transfered the copyright to Will Rossiter (1867–1954) in Chicago, who then assigned it in 1904 to Leo Feist in New York, who published it in the key of C.[I] Extant publications of earlier melody and form variations – under other titles and lyrics – have origins in Ireland, Scotland, and Canada. The earliest, "The Lee Rig," was published by James Oswald (1710–1769) in London around two hundred and fifty-three years ago (c. 1770).[II]
Etymology edit
The first part of the song is a contrafactum of the ballad "My Grandmother Lived on Yonder Little Green," aka "My Grandma Lived on Yonder Little Green," aka "My Grandma's Advice," published in 1857 by Horace Waters, 333 Broadway, New York, which is a contrafactum of the Irish ballad "The Old Rose Tree."[III]
"Turkey in the Straw" was initially a popular tune for fiddle players. In the late 1820s and early 1830s, "Turkey in the Straw" was performed in minstrel shows by blackface actors and musicians, notably George Washington Dixon[1]
| Earlier variants of "Turkey in the Straw" | ||
| 1791 | "The Lea Rigg" | According to Eloise Hubbard Linscott, "Turkey in the Straw" is a variant of British song,
"The Rose Tree,"[IV] which in turn is a variant of the Irish song,
"The Rose Tree in Full Bearing."Cite error: The "O! Ìomhaigh 'Rinn Mo Leònadh," air fonn, "The Rose Tree," no, "Johnny Grey Breeks"[VI] From Irish tune notes and Samuel Preston Bayard (1908–1997). As a Scottish tune, "The Lea Rigg" is in (i) A Curious Collection of Favourite Tunes, published in 1791 by John Brysson, Sr. (1724–1809), of Edinburgh and (ii) Strathspey Reels, Book 2, as "The Old Lea Rig," or "Rose Tree," published by Niel Gow (1727–1807). Bayard takes this to be the antecedent to "Old Zip Coon" "Turkey in the Straw."[VII] see notes "Old Lea Rig" See "The Lea Rig," "The Jay Bird," aka, see "Bhíosa Lá I bPort Láirge," "The Dainty Besom Maker," "Forgive the Muse That Slumbered," "The Gimlet," "I'd Mourn the Hopes That Leave Me," "Johnny's Grey Breeks," "Little Mary Cullinan," "Little Sheila Connellan," "Maureen from Giberland," "Phelim O'Neill [2]," "Port Láirge," "The Rose Tree," "The Rose Tree in Full Bearing." "Rose Tree." Scottish, Country Dance Tune. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1788; pg. 29 (3rd ed.).[IV][II]
X: 1 T: "Old Lee Rigg," or "Rose Tree" M: C L: 1/8
K: C
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| "The Old Rose Tree" | ||
| 1857 | "My Grandmother Lived on Yonder Little Green" aka "My Grandma Lived on Yonder Little Green," aka "My Grandma's Advice" | Published in 1857 by Horace Waters, 333 Broadway, New York[VIII] |
| 1860 | "The Old Bog-Hole" | Sung to the tune of "Zip Coon", Henri de Marsan (1813–1891), 38 & 60 Chatham Street, New York (publisher)[IX] |
| 1905 | "The Whistler and His Dog" | ©1905 by Arthur Pryor (1869–1942) |
| Earlier variations of "Turkey in the Straw" | ||
| "The Old Miller" | According to Vance Randolph, "Old Man Muller," "The Old Miller," and "Natchez Under the Hill" are variants of what is now called 'Turkey in the Straw,' although the old fiddlers claim them as distinct tunes."[3] | |
| "Old Man Muller" | (according to Vance Randolph)[3] | |
| "Old Mother Oxford" | (according to Michael Cooney) | |
| Racists contrafactums | ||
| 1834 | "Zip Coon" | ©1834 by Endicott & Swett (George Endicott, 1802–1848; and Moses Adams Swett, 1804–1838), published with words in 1834 by Joseph Fairfield Atwill's (1811–1891) Music Saloon, 201 Broadway, New York;[III] popular during Andrew Jackson's presidency. Atwill was Eliza D. Keith's (1854–1939) grandfather. |
| 1916 | "Nigger Love a Watermelon, Ha! Ha! Ha!" | Words by American banjoist and songwriter Harry C. Browne (1878–1954) (audio via YouTube) |
| "Natchez Under the Hill"[4] | Named for a saloon town on the river below Natchez, Mississippi | |
Lyrics edit
- 1st verse
Turkey in de straw, turkey in de hay
Turkey in de straw, turkey in de hay
Roll 'em up an' twist 'em up a high tuc-ka-haw
An' twist 'em up a tune called "Turkey in the Straw" - Traditional chorus
Turkey in the hay, in the hay, in the hay.
Turkey in the straw, in the straw, in the straw,
Pick up your fiddle and rosin your bow,
And put on a tune called "Turkey in the Straw"
- 1st verse of another version
Turkey in the straw — Ha ha ha
Turkey in the hay — Hey hey hey
The Reubens[i] are dancing to "Turkey in the Straw"
Hey highdy heydy, and a haw haw haw
- 1st verse of another version
Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay
Tune up the fiddle, doodle de day
With a rump and riddle and a high tuc-ka-haw
Strike up that tune called "Turkey in the Straw"
- The full lyrics
As I was a-gwine down the road,
Tired team and a heavy load,
Crack my whip and the leader sprung,
l seys day-day to the wagon tongue.
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[ii]
And twist 'em up a tune called "Turkey in the Straw"
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' at his mother-in-law.
Met Mr. Catfish comin' down stream.
Says Mr. Catfish, "What does you mean?"
Caught Mr. Catfish by the snout,
And turned Mr. Catfish wrong side out.
Came to a river and I couldn't get across,
Paid five dollars for a blind old hoss;
Wouldn't go ahead, nor he wouldn't stand still,
So he went up and down like an old saw mill.
As I came down the new cut road,
Met Mr. Bullfrog, met Miss Toad
And every time Miss Toad would sing,
Old Bullfrog cut a pigeon wing.
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."
There are versions from the American Civil War, versions about fishing and one with nonsense verses. Folklorists have documented folk versions with obscene lyrics from the 19th century.
- Lyrics of The Wiggles and Sharon Lois and Bram
Turkey in the straw—Haw haw haw
Turkey in the hay—Hey hey hey
And the old folks danced with their mother-in-law
As they danced to a tune we call "Turkey in the Straw"
Another version is called "Natchez Under the Hill". The lyrics are thought to have been added to an earlier tune by Bob Farrell who first performed them in a blackface act on August 11, 1834.
- 1st verse of another version
Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay,
Turkey in the straw what do you say.
Funnest thing I ever saw.
It's a little tune called "Turkey in the Straw."
In 1942, a soundie titled, Turkey in the Straw was created by Freddie Fisher and The Schnickelfritz Band. (directed by Sam Coslow and produced by Josef Berne). There are two versions to the chorus that are sung.[a][5] The first goes:
- Chorus; 1st version
Turkey in the straw, a turkey in the hay,
A turkey in the straw, "What did you say?"
Hay! roll 'em, twist 'em up a high tuc-ka-haw,
Hittin' up a tune called "Turkey in the Straw."
- Chorus; 2nd version
A turkey in the straw, a turkey in the grass,
A turkey in the straw, "I get a kick outta this.."
Roll 'em, twist 'em up a high tuc-ka-haw,
Hittin' up a tune called "Turkey in the Straw."
- Barney & Friends lyrics
Turkey in the straw (whistles)
Turkey in the straw (whistles)
Hats on, boots on yee hah
Sing a little song called "Turkey in the Straw."
- Mickey's Fun Songs and Sesame Street lyrics
I was a-going down a dusty road,
With a team of horses and a great big load,
It was oh such a warm and lazy afternoon,
So I tapped my toe and started singing a tune.
Dancing tonight,
Dancing tonight,
Happiest people you ever saw
Will be Dancing Together with the turkey in the straw
Racist versions edit
Harry C. Browne recorded a version in 1916 called "Nigger Love a Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!".[6] This version relied heavily on the offensive and widespread coon stereotype.
"Zip Coon" edit
Another contrafactum, "Zip Coon", sung to the same tune as "Turkey in the Straw",[7] was popularized by George Washington Dixon (1801–1861) and flourished during the Andrew Jackson administration. This version was first published between 1829 and 1834 in either New York or Baltimore. All of the above performers claimed to have written the song, and the dispute is not resolved. Ohio songwriter Daniel Decatur Emmett (1815–1904) is sometimes erroneously credited as the song's author.[8]
"Zip Coon" has a vocal range of an octave and a minor sixth. Both the verse and the chorus end on the tonic, and both begin a major third above the tonic. In the verse, the highest note is a fifth above the tonic and the lowest is a minor sixth below. In the chorus, the highest note is an octave above the last note, and the lowest is the last note itself. The song stays in key throughout.
The song gave rise to the blackface minstrel show character Zip Coon.[9]
More versions edit
"Zip Coon" has many different lyrical versions. Thomas Birch published a version in 1834,[10] while George Washington Dixon published a version called "Ole Zip Coon" with different lyrics circa 1835.[11] Both Birch's and Dixon's versions keep the same chorus and the first four stanzas:
- (3×) O ole Zip Coon he is a larned skoler,
Sings posum up a gum tree an conny in a holler.
(3×) Posum up a gum tree, coonny on a stump,
Den over dubble trubble, Zip coon will jump.
- Chorus
O Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day.
O Zip a duden duden duden duden duden day.
O Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day.
Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day.
O ist old Suky blue skin, she is in lub wid me
I went the udder arter noon to take a dish ob tea;
What do you tink now, Suky hab for supper,
Why chicken foot an posum heel, widout any butter.
- Chorus
Did you eber see the wild goose, sailing on de ocean,
O de wild goose motion is a berry pretty notion;
Ebry time de wild goose, beckens to de swaller,
You hear him google google google google gollar.
- Chorus
I went down to Sandy Hollar t other arternoon
And the first man I chanced to meet war ole Zip Coon;
Ole Zip Coon he is a natty scholar,
For he plays upon de Banjo "Cooney in de hollar".
- In subsequent stanzas, both lyricists talk about events in the life of Andrew Jackson, Birth of President Jackson's battle with the Second Bank of the United States[10] and Dixon of General Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.[11] When the Mexican–American War began, Dixon published a new version of "Zip Coon" with updated lyrics pertaining to the war:
And spite of any rumors
We'll vanquish all the Montezumas![7]
The chorus "Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day" influenced the song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" in Walt Disney's 1946 adaptation of Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus tales, Song of the South.[7]
Another version of "Old Zip Coon" with new self-referencing lyrics by David Kilburn Stevens (1860–1946) was published in the Boy Scout Song Book (1920).[X][12] Stevens' lyrics contain no direct racial references other than the title of the song itself:[13]
- Another version of "Old Zip Coon"
There once was a man with a double chin,
Who played with skill on a violin:
And he played in time and he played in tune,
But he never played anything but 'Old Zip Coon'.
"Jingle and Chimes," Mister Softee edit
In 2014, news stories, asserting that the Mister Softee jingle was racist, on the basis that it used the same melody.[14][15]
Selected published history edit
| Earlier variants of "Turkey in the Straw" | |
| Published as "Zip Coon" (chronicled as racist Stereotypes of African Americans) | |
| 1843 | "Zip Coon" ©1834 by Endicott & Swett (George Endicott, 1802–1848; and Moses Adams Swett, 1804–1838), published with words in 1834 by Joseph Fairfield Atwill's (1811–1891) Music Saloon, 201 Broadway, New York;[III] popular during Andrew Jackson's presidency. Atwill was Eliza Douglas Keith's (1854–1939) grandfather. |
| Published as "Turkey in the Straw" | |
| 1899 | Otto Bonnell (1855–1927), an Ontario-born Chicago music engraver, in 1899, transcribed and copyrighted "Turkey in the Straw," and transferred the copyright to Will Rossiter (1867–1954) in Chicago, who then assigned it in 1904 to Leo Feist in New York, who published it in the key of C.[I] When Bonnell died, several of his obituaries – namely those of the United Press – incorrectly credited him as the song's composer.[16] |
| 1909 | American composer Charles Ives incorporated the melody, along with other vernacular American melodies, into his orchestral Symphony No. 2.[17][18] |
| 1916 | "Nigger Loves a Watermelon" (1916) parody recorded by Harry C. Browne[b] |
| 1919 | David W. Guion (1892–1981) scored a concert transcription for piano, published by G. Schirmer. |
| 1920 | American composer Leo Wood wrote the lyrics to a version published by Canadian-born Chicago music engraver and composer, Otto Bonnell (1855–1927), titled "Turkey in the Straw, a Rag-Time Fantasie," first published in 1900 by Leo Feist, Inc., New York.[XI][XII] |
| 1925 | American composer Joseph W. Clokey (stepfather of Gumby creator Art Clokey) wrote the choral ballad "The Musical Trust," which incorporated "Turkey in the Straw" (with a reference to "Zip Coon") and other traditional American tunes. |
| 1934 | Pianist Oscar Rasbach (1888–1975) arrangement the song as "From 'Way Down South" for piano. It was published by G. Schirmer of New York. |
| 1935 | Welsh-born-turned-American classical composer Bryceson Treharne (1879–1948) transcribed the song for piano, as a minstrel song for two-part chorus (soprano, alto). The music included a biographical sketch, glossary, fingering, phrasing, pedaling, general information, instructive annotation on interpretation by Clarence Burg (né Clarence Albert Burg; 1893–1986).[19] The sheet music bears both titles, "Turkey in the Straw" and "Old Zip Coon." It was published by G. Schirmer. |
| 1942 | Carson Robison performed an anti-Axis Powers version of "Turkey in the Straw."[20] |
| 1942 | In Raymond Chandler's novel The High Window, the protagonist recounts "The Good Humor man went by in his little blue and white wagon, playing 'Turkey in the Straw' on his music box".[21] |
| 1950 | "Why Don't You Love Me" – written by Hank Williams – is based around this melody. He first recorded it in 1950 on MGM Records – ©7 April 1950 Acuff-Rose Publications (Class E, Published 45433). |
| 1953 | Erno Dohnányi composed the single-movement orchestral composition, American Rhapsody, Op. 47; wherein he scored references to several American folk songs, including "Turkey in the Straw" in
|
Selected performance history edit
Artistic and popular use of "Turkey in the Straw" through the years has established the song as an item of Americana.
| 1870–1881 | "Turkey in the Straw" was Billy the Kid's favorite song.[23][24] |
| 1912 | According to survivors, "Turkey in the Straw" was among songs played by the band of the RMS Titanic at one point during the sinking on April 14 and April 15, 1912.[25] |
| 1916 | "Nigger Loves a Watermelon" (1916) parody recorded by Harry C. Browne[b] |
| 1926 | "Turkey in the Straw" was recorded by the old-time band Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett[26][27] |
| 1928 | "Turkey in the Straw" was used as the base melody in the famous early Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie.[28][29][30] The rendering of the tune in the cartoon is noted for being one of the first instances of successful synchronization in animated films.[31] The tune became prominent in Mickey's animated series and was used in many subsequent cartoons in the 1920s and 1930s. |
| 1942 | Carson Robison performed an anti-Axis Powers version of "Turkey in the Straw."[20] |
| 1950 | "Why Don't You Love Me" – written by Hank Williams – is based around this melody. He first recorded it in 1950 on MGM Records – ©7 April 1950 Acuff-Rose Publications (Class E, Published 45433). |
| 1960 | The melody is played by many ice cream trucks;[32] |
| 1970 | The animated adaptation of Rosie's Walk, by Pat Hutchins (Weston Woods Studios), uses "Turkey in the Straw" as incidental music. |
| 1972 | Emerson Lake and Palmer's instrumental rendition of Copland's "Hoedown" on their Trilogy album quotes the melody. |
| 1983 | The song is played in the MSX game Mouser. |
| 1989 | A looped segment of the song is used during the Astro Chicken minigame in Space Quest III, and used in later Space Quest games as easter eggs or whenever Astro Chicken is shown. |
| 1993 | In the video game Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, the music used in chapters 10-12 contains a sample of "Turkey in the Straw."[c] |
| 1993 | The song is the base to "Wakko's America" on the hit children's TV show Animaniacs. |
| 1997 | The melody "Turkey in the Straw" was aired in the children's television show Barney & Friends. Angelo Michael Natalie (born 1952) wrote the lyrics. He is a drummer who wrote lyrics for the show from 1997 to 2000. |
| 2008 | The song is one of the selectable songs in Wii Music. |
| 2011 | The song "Verishuvi" of the Japanese Idol group Sakura Gakuin use this melody as opening and interlude. Ikuta Magokoro wrote the lyrics, Fujino Takafumi is credited for writing the music, and Harada Nao arranged it (see Sakura Gakuin discography). |
| 2015 | Japanese singer Ai had a surprise hit with her version of the song, done for a phone commercial, called "Everyone Is a Hero" ("みんながみんな英雄" (ja)).[d] |
| 2015 | In the TV series, Sonic Boom, Season 1, Episode 17, "Don't Judge Me" (March 14, 2015, US premier), Sticks the Badger (voiced by Nika Futterman) testified in the trial, Eggman vs. Sonic, that Eggman got songs stuck in people's heads. Afterwards, Sticks sings "Well, if frogs had wings and snakes had hair, and automobiles went flyin' thro' the air ... " |
| 2019 | The theme music of short-lived WWF character The Gobbeldy Gooker was an instrumental rock version of the song. This version has many titles on BMI and the Uncaged X Download & Stream CD. Turkey in the Straw, Gooker, Gobblely Gooker, Gobbledy Gooker and Break an Egg upon release WWE went with Break an Egg for the release version out on Friday 10/04/2019 - 04/10/2019 at 12am UK time. |
Audio samples, notes, musical scores, and references edit
Audio and video edit
- ^ Turkey in the Straw (soundie), performed by the Original Schnickelfritz Band with Freddie Fisher; directed by Sam Coslow; produced by Josef Berne, R.C.M. Productions, Inc.; released November 15, 1942, by Soundies Distributing Corporation of America, Inc., Program X-995 (1942)
- ^ a b Recording: "Nigger Love a Watermelon," Harry C. Browne (1878–1954), baritone vocalist, accompanied by banjo and orchestra, Columbia Graphophone Company A1999, Label matrix (Side A): 46634, recorded 1916; (audio via YouTube)Note: Text accompanying this post on YouTube asserts that an ice cream truck jingle of the same tune is "actually racist." John H. McWhorter, PhD, however, refutes this notion as a misplaced connection (see The New Republic 2014 and City Journal 2014, referenced below)
- ^ Accolade (May 1993). Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (Super NES). Accolade, Retroism. Level/area: Beavery Careful, Rock around the Croc, Claws for Alarm.
- ^ "Everyone Is a Hero" via YouTube
Notes edit
- ^ Reubens = farmers
- ^ Tuckahoe (Peltandra virginica, also called green arrow arum) = an edible wetland plant with long petioles
Musical scores edit
- ^ a b c "Turkey in the Straw," a Rag-Time Fantasie (music score), transcribed and copyrighted by Otto Bonnell (1855–1927), copyright transferred to Will Rossiter, Chicago, assigned 1904 to Leo Feist; Illustrated cover: African-American caricature; turkey coop Engraver: Starmer (monochrome); OCLC 851079977 — digital archival copy courtesy of Music Division, New York Public Library Digital Collections (1899–1915), Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations
- ^ a b "The Lee Rig," Caledonian Pocket Companion (Vol. 8 of 12 p. 54), by James Oswald (1710–1769) (c. 1760); OCLC 895953938, 701079631, 669763053
- ^ a b c Folk Songs of Old New England, by Eloise Hubbard Linscott (née Eloise Barrett Hubbard; 1897–1978), Macmillan Publishers (1939; reprinted 2011 by Dover Publications), pps. 101, 102, & 244; OCLC 30827924; ISBN 978-0-4862-7827-8
- ^ a b c Gow, Niel (1727–1807). "Old Lee Rigg" or "Rose Tree", p. 29, at Google Books – A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels, &c. – with a Bass for the Violincello or Harpsichord (2nd ed.) – Dedicated (by permission) to the Noblemen & Gentlemen of the Caledonian Hunt, by Neil Gow, at Dunkeld, J. Johnson (John Johnson), Sculp (printer) (published 1788); OCLC 43231494, 224379399, 863565561; OCLC 22745561, 499496750, 614616665(note: Gow's first name on the title page is spelled differently; viz.: "Neil" vs. "Niel")Edinburgh: printed for the author; and sold by(i) Corri & Sutherland (Domenico Corri, 1746–1825; and his son, John aka Giovanni Corri, c. 1773–1798; and James Sutherland, died 1790)(ii) Neil Stewart
(iii) Robert Bremner (c. 1713–1789)
(iv) Robert Ross, Music Sellers (vi) Archibald Macgowan, Glasgow(vii) Longman & Broaderip, N°. 26, Cheapside (James Longman, 1740–1803; and Francis Fane Broderip, 1750–1807)(viii) Niel Gow's sons, John Gow (1756–1826) & Andrew Gow (1760–1803), N°. 60, Kings Street, Golden Square, London, and(ix) the author at Dunkeld - ^ Selection of Scotch, English, Irish, and Foreign Airs – Adopted to the Fife, Violin, or German-Flute (Vol. 1 of 6), printed and sold by James Aird (died 1795), Glasgow (1782), "The Lee Rigg," p. 16, No. 44
- ^ Clàrsach nam beann, no, Dàin agus òrain, ann an Gaelig, le Eòbhan Mac-Colla, An Dara Clòdh Bhualadh, Meudaichte Agus Ath-Leasaichte: Air a chur a mach 'an, Dun Éidinn, Le Mac-Lachuinn 'San Sti'Ubhartach, Sr'Aid Na Drochaide Deasa (1838)The Mountain Minstrel, or, Poems and songs, in Gaelic (2nd ed.), by Evan MacColl (1808–1898), Enlarged & Revised: Produced in Edinburgh by Maclachlan & Stewart (John Maclachlan & Duncan Stewart), South Bridge Street"O! Ìomhaigh 'Rinn Mo Leònadh," (2nd digital copy) pps. 96–97
- ^ Collection of Sheet Music – strathspeys, reels, dances, marches, and songs, composed by Niel Gow (1827–1807) or printed by him and composed by others. Imprint varies. Publishers include: (i) Niel Gow, (ii) Gow and Shepherd, (iii) Robert Purdie, (iv) Penson Robertson, (v) Natale Corri (1765–1822), (vi) Muir, (vii) Wood, (viii) John Brysson, Sr. (1724–1809), and (ix) Gow & Galbraith; OCLC 42403724
- ^ "Grandma's Advice" (song) arranged for piano by Edward Kanski, published by:©1857 (entered according to Act of Congress, 1857 by Elisha A. Daggett in the Clerk's Office of the City of New York)
- ^ "The Old Bog-Hole" (sheet music), Henri De Marsan (1813–1891) (publisher) (1860), archived at the University of Mississippi, Kenneth S. Goldstein American Song Broadsides (collection); OCLC 28010086
- ^ Boy Scout Song Book. Boston, Mass.: C.C. Birchard and Co. (Clarence C. Birchard). 1920. pp. 48–49 – via Internet Archive.
Old American tune.
- ^ "Turkey in the Straw," by Otto Bonnell (1855–1927), Leo Feist (publisher), 1900; OCLC 26009682
- ^ "Turkey in the Straw, a Rag-Time Fantasy;" Otto Bonnell (1855–1927) (words); Leo Wood (words); Leo Feist (publisher) (©1920); OCLC 18806782, 42608555
References edit
- ^ Studwell, William E. (1997). The Americana Song Reader. Haworth Press. p. 58. ISBN 0-7890-0150-0.
- ^ The Fiddler's Companion, – A Descriptive Index of North American, British Isles and Irish Music for the Folk Violin and other Instruments (online), by Andrew Kuntz (accessible via ibiblio at www
.ibiblio .org /fiddlers and via tunearch.org at tunearch .org) (retrieved December 9, 2019) - ^ a b The Names of Ozark Fiddle Tunes, by Vance Randolph (1892–1980), Midwest Folklore, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 1954 (1954), pps. 81–86; OCLC 42598546 (accessible via https://www.jstor.org/stable/4317449)
- ^ Book: George P. Knauff (né George Philipp Knauff; 1800–1855). Virginia Reels, Notes: Published in Baltimore by George Willig, Jr. (1794–1874), n.d. (1839) – transcription by Andrew Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion (at tunearch
.org) - ^ "The Original Schnickelfritz Band With Freddie Fisher," Scott MacGillivray & Ted Okuda (eds.), The Soundies Book – A Revised and Expanded Guide, iUniverse (2007), pps. 92 & 367; OCLC 180852174, 941288195
- ^ Browne, Harry C. "Nigger Love a Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!". AuthenticHistory.com. Recorded March 1916. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ a b c Emerson, Ken (1997). Doo-dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 60. ISBN 978-0684810102.
- ^ "Dan Emmett – The Man Who Wrote "Dixie" by Wayne Erbsen". NativeGround.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "Blackface!". Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b Birch, Thomas. "Zip Coon". University of Virginia. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ a b Dixon, G.W. "Ole Zip Coon". International Lyrics Playground. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ Stevens, D. K.; Repper, Charles. "Old Zip Coon". Brigham Young University. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Turkey in the Straw," by Stephen Winick, Folklife Today – American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project, Library of Congress, May 15, 2014
- ^ "That Viral Story About the Racist Ice Cream Song Is Wrong," by John H. McWhorter, The New Republic, May 16, 2014
- ^ "Eye on the News – The Case for Moving On: On Ice Cream Trucks, Memory, and Race in America," by John H. McWhorter, City Journal, July 11, 2014
- ^ Aged Song Writer Dies – Bonnell, Best Known as Author of 'Turkey in the Straw,'" (United Press), Times Union (Brooklyn), May 29, 1927, p. 1 (accessible via newspapers.com; subscription required)
- ^ "Charles Ives' America" (program notes), Department of Performing Arts, Georgetown University, November 20 and 22, 2015
- ^ J. Peter Burkholder, '"Quotation" and Paraphrase in Ives's Second Symphony', 19th-Century Music, Vol. 11, No. 1, Summer 1987, pps. 3–25. (accessible via JSTOR at www
.jstor .org /stable /746629; subscription required; retrieved July 26, 2013) - ^ "The Contributions of Clarence A. Burg to Piano Pedagogy" (PhD dissertation, Music Education), by Linda Joyce Owen (born 1940), University of Oklahoma (1997)
- ^ a b Lyrics (transcription) of "Turkey In The Straw," as sung by Carson Jay Robison (1890–1957), recorded January 1942, parody lyrics by Carson Robison, History on the Net (Regnery Publishing, publisher) (retrieved May 16, 2018)
- ^ Chandler, Raymond (1888–1959), The High Window, p. 5, at Google Books, Alfred A. Knopf (1942); reprinted January 5, 2019, by Wildside Press
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