"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.

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I haven’t listened to children’s albums in quite a long time but listening to Cook’s renditions of “”Old MacDonald,” “Down By the Bay,” “Shortnin’ Bread,” “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” and “Turkey in the Straw” had me wishing I was a child again.

An ice cream truck driver passed away, and her co-workers formed a procession of ice cream trucks, all playing their whimsical music, for her funeral. That's a lot of "Turkey in the Straw."

The Elstonville Sportsmen's Association today pleaded no contest today to eight counts of animal cruelty involving a live turkey shoot at the Rapho Township (Pa.) club last September. During the benefit turkey shoot in September, adults and youths paid for a chance to shoot arrows at live domestic turkeys tied to bales of straw.

Are you familiar with the Top 10 single "Chain Hang Low" by Jibbs? "As recently pointed out in the New York Times, the song is built on the 19th-century melody of 'Zip Coon' or depending on the lyrics 'Turkey in the Straw,' one of the most popular tunes from the blackface era." See how some hip-hop/rap songs are being conflated with blackface.