A popular song from 1911
Words by Joe Goodwin
Music by George W. Meyer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Down in Perkins barnyard every Saturday night
Oh, what a sight, moonshining bright
All the Reubens get together filled with delight
And they dance and sway, will the fiddles play
Look at Sallie Simpkins over there with her beau
He’s not so slow, just see them go
All the folks go crazy when that prance they try
They could dance till they die
You’d get shot on the spot
If you stopped that Turkey Trot
Chorus:
Gobble, gobble, while the music’s playing
Hobble, wobble, let your feet go swaying
Babe this sure is going some
I just feel like crowing “Hon”
Slower, faster, not the way you useter
You’re a chicken, I’m a great big rooster
Cackle, cackle, cackle, cackle
Sigh with me and try with me
To crack your wings and fly with me
“Great Scott” tell you what
I’m crazy ’bout the Turkey Trot
2. When the dance is over and the folks say “goodbye”
From roosts on high, chickens then fly
Right upon the barnyard floor, those dances they try
They forget to lay while they bombershay
See that Bantam rooster with a hen by his side
His happy bride, just see them glide
They forget that they will soon be in the stew
When those prances they do
How they cling, how they swing
While they do the chicken wing