Talk:Turkey in the Straw

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[edit] "The Rose Tree"

At http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/msw/westernfiddle/tmy_fiddlers_1987.html we read:

Most scholars attribute its melody to an eighteenth-century British air called "The Rose Tree."

If that claim is true, and we can find a good citation, we should probably add that to the article. Adam Di Carlo 19:47, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Do Your Ears Hang Low

Any relation to "Do Your Ears Hang Low"? They sound alike. Jigen III 13:19, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

The statement seems to have appeared in the article, but I don't think the tunes are the same. Can't find a downloadable recording of Turkey so I'm not sure. DJ Clayworth 14:12, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Very similar tune. I'd guess "Ears" was based on it, with the phrasing changed a bit. -- Infrogmation 15:35, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

We don't have an article on campfire song and I'm at a loss to know where a relevent article would be, if we have one yet for this sort of oral tradition folk music. -- Infrogmation 15:40, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

While the two are very similar, they are not exactly the same. The best places to note the difference is toward the end of the chorus, the notes are different. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.149.237.77 (talk) 07:46, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

I suspect that these two songs would fit Samuel Preston Bayard's definition of a "melodic family" Isn't the "ears" an 18th century tune, with referrence to a "Continental soldier"? Pustelnik 21:38, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

They seem to be related, but certainly not note for note and measure for measure the same. There should be no merger. Not unless we want to be consistent and merge The Star Spangled Banner with To Anacreon in Heaven. Edison (talk) 19:59, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] William Tell

I think the melody is from Guillaume Tell by Rossini. --W. Kronf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.132.167.79 (talk) 09:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Doubt it. They sound little alike. — Brian (talk) 10:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

There is now a page for "Do Your Ears Hang Low?." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tingotroy (talk • contribs) 15:46, 15 January 2008 (UTC)