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User Name | Thread Name | Subject | Posted |
Ole Bull | Lyr Req: Turkey in the Straw (39) | RE: Desparate!!! | 08 Jun 98 |
You might be interested in the genealogy of this one. First,I believe, came the fiddle tune Natchez Under the Hill. Then the words to Zip Coon were put to it. You should be able to find them in the Lester Levy internet collection (recently discovered by the Mudcats). They start either "Old Zip Coon was a larned scholar.." or "I went down to Sandy Hook the arter afternoon.." Then about 1870 Dan Emmett droped the words and called just the fiddle tune "Turkey in the Straw." |