When The Turkey In The Straw Danced The Chicken Reel
Composer(s): J. Will Callahan; F. Henri Klickmann



In a barnyard far away
All the fowls assembled on a summer day
Just to give a barnyard dance
Tried to put the farmers in a barnyard trance
All the rubes for miles around
Came to see them shuffle there upon the ground

Old Si Jones in overalls
Always won the ribbon at the barnyard balls
Came that day with Aunt Suzanne
Frisky as a bullfrog in a fryin' pan
Said, "By Gosh, just turn me loose" 
Crack'd his heels together yellin' 
"Come on, Suze"

All the old hens cackled and the young ducks quacked
And the rooster all began to crow
The little chickens stood there in a row
"Keep your feet a-movin'," you could hear the farmers yell
And the old cow hid behind the old hay stack
But the pigs just grunted kind o' low
As they stood there lookin' at the show
When the turkey in the straw danced the chicken reel