Turky Egg- Bayard

Turkey Egg

American, Reel. USA; W.Va., southwestern Pa

ARTIST: James Taylor (fiddler from Greene County, Pa., and Wetzel County, W.Va., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 6, pg. 19.

CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes

EARLIEST DATE: 1930s

RECORDING INFO:

SOURCES: James Taylor (fiddler from Greene County, Pa., and Wetzel County, W.Va., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 6, pg. 19. Kuntz;

NOTES: G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bayard (1981) collected a rhyme with the tune which went:

Ben stole the turkey‑egg, run around the medder with it,
Throwed it in the creek, and swore he never meddled with it.