Annotation:Turkey-Egg (The)
X:1 T:Turkey-Egg, The M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Air and Schottisce B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981, No. 6) K:G G2|D2D2G2 G>B|d>Bd>e d>B G2|c>Bc>d B2d2|A>GA>B A>GE>G| D2D2 G2B2|d>Bd>e d>B G2|c>Bc>d B2d2|A>FD>F G2|| z2|g>fg>a f>d B2|c>Bc>e d>BG>B|c>Bc>d B2d2|A>BA>B A>G E2| g>fg>a gd B2|c>Bc>e d>BG>G|c>Bc>d B2d2|A>FD>F G2||
TURKEY-EGG, THE. American, Reel. USA; W.Va., southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Bayard (1981) collected a rhyme with the tune that went:
Ben stole the turkey egg, run around the medder with it,
Throwed it in the creek, and swore he never meddled with it.
James Taylor (fiddler from Greene County, Pa., and Wetzel County, W.Va., 1930's) [Bayard].
