Turkey Hammock

DESCRIPTION: "Up on the hill top, Belly to the sun, Tail began to wiggle And the goodie began to come." At Red Bug Branch, the "same old son fiddled And the little pigs danced." Other strange tale of animals follow
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida)
KEYWORDS: animal music dancing floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #109, "Turkey Hammock" (1 text)
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 105, "Away Down Yonder" (1 text)
Roud #5031
NOTES [50 words]: A Google search reveals that Turkey Hammock is a (now-drained) wetland in Florida, apparently just north of Lake Okeechobee. Probably this is a localized title for a song found elsewhere (see Solomon-ZickaryZan), but that was the first title I met the song under, so it remains the title we use. - RBW
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File: Morr109

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