The song gave rise to the blackface minstrel show character Zip Coon. In the chorus, the highest note is an octave above the last note, and the lowest is the last note itself. In the verse, the highest note is a fifth above the tonic and the lowest is a minor sixth below. Both the verse and the chorus end on the tonic, and both begin a major third above the tonic. "Zip Coon" has a vocal range of an octave and a minor sixth. Ohio songwriter Daniel Decatur Emmett is sometimes erroneously credited as the song's author. All of the above performers claimed to have written the song, and the dispute is not resolved. This version was first published between 18 in either New York or Baltimore. ![]() Racist versions "Zip Coon" Īnother contrafactum, "Zip Coon", sung to the same tune as "Turkey in the Straw", was popularized by Dixon and flourished during 1830s. Will be Dancing Together with the Turkey in the Straw So I tapped my toe and started singing a tune. It was oh such a warm and lazy afternoon, With a team of horses and a great big load, I never been so happy since the day I was born." The horses ran away, broke the wagon all to hell Oh I jumped in the seat and I gave a little yell ![]() So he went up and down like an old saw mill. Wouldn't go ahead, nor he wouldn't stand still, ![]() Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahawĪnd twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw.Ĭame to a river and I couldn't get across,
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