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LuvNewcastle

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39. The truck that comes by my house every day plays Turkey in the Straw,

Wed May 14, 2014, 05:15 PM

May 2014

but I've never heard anyone say it's racist, just annoying as hell. I live in a mostly black neighborhood, and no one around here has ever said they're offended by the song. All the adults do joke about how much they would like to destroy the truck, but that's only because the truck plays the song so loudly and it seems to take forever for the damn thing to wind around the streets through the neighborhood. People make up awful lyrics to songs all the time, lyrics that would never have been conceived by the original composers. I think this article is silly, and it might even be an attempt to stir up shit about something that should properly be ignored.

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That Familiar Ice Cream Truck Song? Yeah It�s the Most Racist Song Ever (Video) [View all] TexasTowelie May 2014 OP

Wait, this isn't the Mr. Softee song... JackRiddler May 2014 #1

The following are the lyrics that I learned to that tune notadmblnd May 2014 #4

Now those are the alternate lyrics Le Taz Hot May 2014 #11

see also; do your balls hang low, can you swing them to and fro frylock May 2014 #33

Yep, Mr Softee song tinymontgomery May 2014 #46

I've heard ice cream trucks play a lot of songs over the years notadmblnd May 2014 #2

Well I never. I've never associated "Turkey in the Straw" with either racism, lyrics or ice-cream. Donald Ian Rankin May 2014 #3

Ours plays "The Entertainer." I do remember the song "Turkey in the Straw" from gym class seaglass May 2014 #5

YES! I was just about to post that Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" is the one bullwinkle428 May 2014 #37

so because someone at some point put racist words to arely staircase May 2014 #6

Much as many traditional English hymns were simply words set to popular British drinking songs LanternWaste May 2014 #8

they are if that is what they are currently associated with arely staircase May 2014 #10

I'm sure you recognize this lovely melody as "Stranger In Paradise".... jberryhill May 2014 #16

Turkey in the Straw is Turkey in the Straw. MineralMan May 2014 #7

Whatever. You probably hate chocolate ice cream, you vanilla-ist. Orrex May 2014 #14

And 99.99% of the people who hear the song Le Taz Hot May 2014 #9

what a fun job grasswire May 2014 #13

It was. Le Taz Hot May 2014 #19

parse this grasswire May 2014 #12

I've got a religious war going on with my neighborhood ice cream truck Brother Buzz May 2014 #15

Haha Munificence May 2014 #35

here are the lyrics from site whistler162 May 2014 #17

WTF is the point of that article? Digging out some old minstrel stuff... TreasonousBastard May 2014 #18

Agreed. Xyzse May 2014 #21

+ struggle4progress May 2014 #34

That is the "Ears Hang Low" song right? Xyzse May 2014 #20

hey, that's ear-ist :-) nt msongs May 2014 #22

I like ears... Xyzse May 2014 #24

yes, a favorite old camp song nt grasswire May 2014 #31

For as long as I've lived here in New York, it's the Mister Softee Jingle closeupready May 2014 #23

That's stupid -- it's Turkey in the Straw. Codeine May 2014 #25

If this is not a parody post, it's definitely the stupidest post of the month so far. Nye Bevan May 2014 #26

I'm reminded of the urban legend over the meaning of the word "picnic" Scootaloo May 2014 #27

What kind of filthy repressed knob rewrites a traditionally bawdy ballad... hunter May 2014 #28

Francis Scott Key? n/t SwankyXomb May 2014 #32

Hah! hunter May 2014 #38

Ice cream truck? zach.magee May 2014 #29

Definitely one of my favorites, lol. closeupready May 2014 #30

"The Entertainer" and "Jack and Jill" here.... louis-t May 2014 #36

I heard one playing Brahms' Lullaby today. I shit you not. n/t winter is coming May 2014 #42

The truck that comes by my house every day plays Turkey in the Straw, LuvNewcastle May 2014 #39

This thread needs more Good Humor warrprayer May 2014 #40

Well, in that case... TexasTowelie May 2014 #41

dang warrprayer May 2014 #43

My wife and I remember when Anamanics came out --we where in college and she caught sight of the one diabeticman May 2014 #44

Mine plays the music from Tetris. GreenEyedLefty May 2014 #45

Better "Turkey in the Straw" than.. Feron May 2014 #47

I bet the author of this leads a very interesting and exciting life. NCTraveler May 2014 #48