"The Turkey In The Straw" is an American folk song from the You Make Me Feel Like Dancing album and Sing a Song of Wiggles video.
Lyrics[]
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing[]
There's a country dance at the only hall in town
and everybody comes from all around
They wanna hear a gobble and a scratchin on the ground
They come from far and wide to hear the turkey sound
Turkey in the straw
(Haw haw haw)
Turkey in the hay
(Hay hay hay)
And the old folks dance with their mother in law
As they dance to a tune we call turkey in the straw
They dance to the left and they dance to the right
They dance to the tune all through the night
And a shriek and a gasp, they gave him such a fright
A turkey dancin with them what a wonderful sight
Turkey in the straw
(Haw haw haw)
Turkey in the hay
(Hay hay hay)
And the old folks dance with their mother in law
As they dance to a tune we call turkey in the straw
Turkey in the straw
(Haw haw haw)
Turkey in the hay
(Hay hay hay)
And the old folks dance with their mother in law
As they dance to a tune we call turkey in the straw
Wiggle Pop![]
(Cheerful Music)
Anthony: Come on, everybody, do the turkey dance.
Flap your wings
and scratch, scratch, scratch
Well, you flap your wings
and scratch, scratch, scratch.
Well, you do that so well. Come on, let's do it faster! Are you ready?
(Fast Banjo Music)
Flap your wings
and scratch, scratch, scratch
Flap your wings
and scratch, scratch, scratch
Now, kick your legs
Kick your legs
As we dance to the tune called Turkey in the Straw.
Yeehoo!
Song Credits[]
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing[]
Trad. Arr. Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Sam Moran, John Field, Dominic Lindsay (Wiggly Tunes Pty. Ltd.)
Wiggle Pop![]
Trad. Arr. Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins, Oliver Brian, Alex Keller (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd)
The Sound of Halloween[]
Trad. Arr. Anthony Field (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd)
Trivia[]
- Troy Cassar-Daley guest stars in the 2008 version.
- The 2008 version plays in F whereas the 2018 version plays in G.
- The song is originally a Minstrel show song called Old Zip Coon.