The song gave rise to the blackface minstrel show character "Zip Coon" has many different lyrical versions.

As he explained, "Turkey in the Straw" is a 19th century folk song that riffs on an Irish fiddle song, "The (Old) Rose Tree." New Order took the title for "Blue Monday" from an illustration, which read "Goodbye Blue Monday," in the Kurt Vonnegut book Breakfast Of Champions. "Turkey in the Straw" was initially a popular tune for Another contrafactum, "Zip Coon", sung to the same tune as "Turkey in the Straw","Zip Coon" has a vocal range of an octave and a minor sixth. "I thought it wasn't that good because it was so naked," he said.The drum sound on Buddy Knox's 1957 US #1 hit "Party Doll" was actually made by a cardboard box filled with cotton. There are also many different versions, including some that are not suitable for children!As of December 2010, the British Library catalogue listed over two dozen entries with this title - including a 1979 musical comedy, and what appears to be a 1934 arrangement of the original song "From 'way down South. The image referred to the invention of the washing machine improving housewives' lives. Although originally an early coon song, it has been "cleaned up" over the years, "Turkey in de straw, turkey … In the verse, the highest note is a fifth above the tonic and the lowest is a minor sixth below. Turkey in de Straw" for piano by Oscar Rasbach, which was published by G. Schirmer of New York.Written in 2/4 or 4/4 time, "Turkey In The Straw" is probably best known both as a song and as instrumental for solo violin.An earlier arrangement by Otto Bonnell, is subtitled "A Rag-Time Fantasie," copyright 1899, was transferred to Will Rossiter of Chicago, and assigned in 1904 to Leo Feist.
When he found out the truth, he wrote a song called "Kiss The Rain" for Billie Myers.Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" tells the story of real people who were part of Andy Warhol's "factory," including Holly Woodlawn and Candy Darling.Songs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.On Glen's résumé: hit songwriter, Facebook dominator, and member of Styx. Although originally an early coon song, it has been "cleaned up" over the years, "Turkey in de straw, turkey in de hay" becoming "Turkey in the hay, in the hay, in the hay", etc.

Both the verse and the chorus end on the tonic, and both begin a major third above the tonic. "I Won't Back Down" is a very personal song for Tom Petty. "Turkey In The Straw" is one of the most famous and well known of American folk songs, both inside and outside of the USA. Like many folk songs, its origins are lost in antiquity, but it appears to have originated with the blackfaced minstrels of the 1820s and 1830s. The song stays in key throughout. Genesis' key-man re-examines his solo career and the early days of music video.Dan cracked the Top 40 with "Ritual," then went to India and spent 2 hours with the Dalai Lama.Dean wrote the screenplay and lyrics to all the songs in A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs