Bill Monroe — Turkey In The Straw

[Verse 1] Well, I had an old hen and she had a wooden leg Just the best old hen that ever laid and egg She laid more eggs than any hen on the farm But another little drink wouldn't do her any harm [Chorus] Turkey in the hay, in the hay, hay, hay! Turkey in the straw, in the straw, straw, straw! Pick 'em up, shake 'em up, any way at all And hit up a tune called 'Turkey in the Straw' [Verse 2] Well, I hitched up the wagon and I drove down the road With a two horse wagon and a four horse load Well I cracked my whip and the lead horse sprung And I said "Goodbye" to the wagon tongue [Chorus] Turkey in the hay, in the hay, hay, hay! Turkey in the straw, in the straw, straw, straw! Pick 'em up, shake 'em up, any way at all And hit up a tune called 'Turkey in the Straw' [Verse 3] Well, if frogs had wings and snakes had hair And automobiles went flyin' through the air Well, if watermelons grew on a huckleberry vine We'd still have winter in the summer time [Chorus] Turkey in the hay, in the hay, hay, hay! Turkey in the straw, in the straw, straw, straw! Pick 'em up, shake 'em up, any way at all And hit up a tune called 'Turkey in the Straw' [Verse 4] Oh, I went out to milk and I didn't know how I milked an old goat instead of a cow A monkey sittin' there on a pile of straw A-winkin' his eyes at his mother-in-law [Chorus] Turkey in the hay, in the hay, hay, hay! Turkey in the straw, in the straw, straw, straw! Pick 'em up, shake 'em up, any way at all And hit up a tune called 'Turkey in the Straw' [Verse 5] Well, I come to the river and I couldn't get across So I paid five dollars for an old blind horse Well, he wouldn't go ahead and he wouldn't stand still So he went up and down like an old saw mill [Chorus] Turkey in the hay, in the hay, hay, hay! Turkey in the straw, in the straw, straw, straw! Pick 'em up, shake 'em up, any way at all And hit up a tune called 'Turkey in the Straw'