 Sheet music cover for "Zip Coon", 1830s. "Turkey in the Straw" is a well known American folk song dating from the early 19th century. The song's tune was first popularized in the late 1820s and early 1830s by blackface performers, notably George Washington Dixon, Bob Farrell and George Nichols. Another song, "Zip Coon", was sung to the same tune. 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 is sometimes erroneously credited as the song's author.[1][2] ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (923x1250, 1093 KB) Sheet music cover for Zip Coon, 1830s. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (923x1250, 1093 KB) Sheet music cover for Zip Coon, 1830s. ...
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This reproduction of a 1900 minstrel show poster, originally published by the Strobridge Litho Co. ...
Portrait of George Washington Dixon, c. ...
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Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area Ranked 34th - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²) - Width 220 miles (355 km) - Length 220 miles (355 km) - % water 8. ...
Daniel Decatur Dan Emmett (1815-1904), was born at Mount Vernon, Ohio. ...
Lyrics
"Turkey in the Straw" has an eleven-note range (the highest note is a fourth above the first note of the song) and stays in key throughout. It is a catchy tune that has many different lyrical versions. The earliest lyrics under the name "Turkey in the Straw" were written by Dan Bryant (head of Bryant's Minstrels) and published in 1861. The words were set to new music, with the "Zip Coon" tune added at the end. The chorus as first published by Dan Bryant goes: Detail from a playbill for Bryants Mintrels, Mechanics Hall, New York, 4 April 1859 (the premiere of the song Dixie) Bryants Minstrels was a blackface minstrel troupe that performed in the mid-19th century, primarily in New York City. ...
Detail from a playbill from the Bryants Minstrels, 24 January 1859, depicting blackfaced men dancing. ...
- 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
One traditional version has a chorus with these lyrics: - Turkey in the hay, in the hay, in the hay.
- Turkey in the straw, in straw, in the straw,
- Pick up your fiddle and rosin your bow,
- And put on a tune called Turkey in the straw.
Another goes: - Turkey in the straw — Haw haw haw
- Turkey in the hay — Hey hey hey
- The Reubens [farm people] are dancing to Turkey in the Straw
- Hey highdy heydy, and a haw haw haw
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. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
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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. I LOVE PAUL!!!!!! is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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"Turkey in the Straw" today "Turkey in the Straw" is still popular today among street fiddlers. It can be heard in many movie sound tracks; the song was already public domain by the start of sound film, so it was extensively used. In animated cartoons it is commonly used for suggesting farms or rural life, or old fashioned country people. Perhaps the first use of the tune in an animated cartoon soundtrack was in Steamboat Willie. “Fiddler†redirects here. ...
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1902 poster advertising Gaumonts sound films, depicting an optimistically vast auditorium A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. ...
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Steamboat Willie (1928) is an animated cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse released on November 18, 1928. ...
References - Fuld, James (1966). The Book of World Famous Music, Classical, Popular and Folk.
- The Simpsons (1997). Episode [3G03] Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'oh-cious.
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