"Turkey In The Straw"
(Old Zip Coon, Natchez Under the Hill, The Old Bog Hole.)
![[image of music]](FFsniply-Turkey In The Straw.png)
Reel, G, AABB.
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Playing or Personal Notes:
Part of the Chicken set (Chicken Reel/Turkey In The Straw/Arkansas Traveller).
History
The Fiddler's Companion has thoughts on the origins of the tune - it seems to have roots in a variety of older Scottish, Irish and English tunes. Nevertheless, the tune itself is very much an American one - and is associated with 19th Century USA rural life, through it's popularity and use by popular theater and minstrel groups, notably 'blackface' performers.
On the Web:
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