X: 019006
T: the TURKEY-EGG (V)
O: James Taylor, V, 1930s, B.
R: hornpipe
B: DTFMTF: Sam Bayard's "Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife" p.19 #6
Z: 2026 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
%%continueall no
G2 | "^A..:"D2D2 G2G>B | d>Bd>e d>BG2 | c>Bc>d B2d2 | "^B..:"A>GA>B A>GE>G | D2D2 G2B2 |
d>Bd>e d>BG2 | c>Bc>d B2d2 | A>FD>F G2 || z2 | g>fg>a g>dB2 | c>Bc>e d>BG>B |
c>Bc>d B2d2 | A>BA>B A>GE2 | f>fg>a gdB2 | c>Bc>e d>B G>G | c>Bc>d B2d2 |
A>FD>F G2 |] y8 "^Var."y|| "A"A>B || y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8
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%%text A rhyme accompanying the tune runs:
%%begintext
%% Ben stole the turkey-egg,
%%     run around the medder with it,
%% Throwed it in the creek,
%%     and swore he never meddled with it.
%%endtext