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Full Digital Copy	http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/ui/custom/default/collection/coll_sharris/resources/docs/MUM00682_293.pdf
Title	Turkey in the Straw/ music by Otto Bonnell; words by Leo Wood
Subject	Songs--United States--20th Century Popular Music--United States
Description	Cover: drawing of an African American male singing and playing a five-string banjo; description reads "a rag-time fantasy" [only the cover and first page of music remain]
Creator	Wood, Leo Bonnell, Otto
Publisher	New York: Leo Feist, 1920
Format	Original: 1 score Digital Copy: 1 PDF file
Identifier	MUM00682, 0293
Original Collection	Sheldon Harris Collection http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00682/
Transcript	Lyrics : I want down the levee just to pass the time away, I heard a darkey on a rusty banjo play. I asked what the tune was and that coon began to roar, He said: "Why, Boss that tune is called, "The Turkey in the straw." Turkey in the straw. Turkey in the straw.
Item Date	1920
Disclaimer	The derogatory terms, images, and ideas that appear in some of this sheet music are not condoned by the University of Mississippi. They do represent the attitudes of a number of Americans at the times the songs were published. As such, it is hoped that the sheet music in this collection can aid students of music, history, and other disciplines to better understand popular American music and racial stereotypes from the 19th- and early 20th-centuries. Read the introduction for further information to use when contextualizing this item: http://130.74.92.141/cdm4/intro_harris.php