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Thread #142496   Message #3285521
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-Jan-12 - 08:12 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 1942 Turkey in the Straw (Carson Robison)
Subject: Lyr Add: 1942 TURKEY IN THE STRAW (Carson Robison)
I found a recording of the song on Spotify.com:

1942 TURKEY IN THE STRAW
(Carson Robison)

Oh, Adolph Hitler grabbed a tail
He hung right on with tooth and nail
Then he saw what he had, and he began to swear
On the end of that tail was a Russian bear.
The old bear growled and started in to shake
Adolph knew he'd made a mistake
He tried to hang on and he tried to let go
Now they have a new dance called "Hitler in the Snow."

Oh, I saw Mussolini setting on a log
All puffed up like a great big frog
I sneaked up close and stuck him with a wire
He just went 'pfft' like an old flat tire.
I took his hide and I hung it on a tree
The tree said, "Hey don't do that to me!"
So I took it on home to my mother-in-law
And she threw me outside with the Turkey in the Straw.

Oh, a monkey and a baboon setting on a rail
Feeling mighty bad and looking kinda pale
A little yellow rat come sneaking 'round the weed
The monkey said, "Look, there's the guy we need."
The rat climbed up and they all begin to grin
Along come a feller with whiskers on his chin
He kicked that rail and broke it with a crack
And that was the last of the Three Power Pact.

Oh, the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder's in the shock,
And the Yanks are a-movin and they pack an awful sock
The sheep are in the meadow and the cows are in the corn,
There's gonna be a scrap, just as sure as you're born.
Soldiers, sailors, pilots, Marines,
Tall ones, short ones, lots of in-betweens,
Powder in their guns and sand's in the craw (?)
Steppin to the tune of Turkey in the Straw.

Oh, swing your partner, here we go,
To Berlin, Rome and a-Tokyo.
We'll put 'em in a sack and give it a swish,
Throw 'em in the river and kill all the fish.
Tie 'em to a rope and give 'em a swing,
Just like a monkey on the end of a swing,
Kick 'em in the pants sock 'em in the jaw
Teach 'em how to dance old Turkey in the straw.

(to part B)
Four hand, brown hand, everybody shout, (?)
Skunk in the woodpile, gotta chase him out,
Adolf Hitler bit off a chaw
Jam it down his throat with Turkey in the straw.


YouTube Recording

http://www.archive.org/details/1942TurkeyInTheStraw

As you can see, this transcription is a little "iffy." Please post corrections below, and I'll add the ones that make sense.

-Joe-