TURKEY IN THE STRAW

LEVEL 1Bb · 144 BPM · American Folksong
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Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

  1. 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
  2. 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
  3. 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

As (F)I was a go in’ on I down n’t the road with a tir ed team and a (C)heav y the load, I (F)cracked my whip tin’ and the lead er sprung; I says day ter day to the wag er (C)on (F)tongue.

Tur key in the straw, (whistle)

(Bb)tur key in the hay, (whistle)

(F)roll ’em up and twist ’em up a high tuck a (C)haw and (F)hit ’em up a tune called Tur key (C)in the (F)Straw.

Went (F)out to a milk in’ and I did in’ know how, I a milked the goat in “What (C)stead of the cow.

A (F)mon key sit tin’ on a pile of straw a wink in’ ter at his the moth er (C)in (F)law.

Tur key in the straw, (whistle)

(Bb)tur key in the hay, (whistle)

(F)roll ’em up and twist ’em up a high tuck a (C)haw and (F)hit ’em up a tune called Tur key (C)in the (F)Straw.

Met Tur key (C)in the (F)Straw.

SONG INFO

Level
1 of 5
Key
Bb
Tempo
144 BPM
Plays
4
Category
Folk
Artist
American Folksong

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