18.11.2010

Kalkkuna oljilla



Marraskuun 18. päivänä vuonna 1928 Mikki Hiiri esiintyi ensi kertaa elokuvassa. Steamboat Willie Junior oli filmin nimi, Disney-tuotantoa, animaattorina Ub Iwerks.

Sen jälkeen kun Minni saadaan laivaan, alkaa hillitön musiikkiperformanssi, jossa ei eläinkunnan edustajia säästellä - EVR puuttuisi asiaan jo alkumetreillä.

Soittokappaleena hiiripariskunnalla on alunperin Natchez Under the Hill-niminen viulusävelmä, joka on myöhemmin saanut useitakin sanoituksia. Tässä ehkä tunnetuin, "Turkey on the straw".

As I was a-gwine down the road,
With a tired team and a heavy load,
I crack'd my whip and the leader sprung,
I says day-day to the wagon tongue.
Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay,
Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw
And twist 'em up a tune called Turkey in the Straw.

Went out to milk, and I didn't know how,
I milked the goat instead of the cow.
A monkey sittin' on a pile of straw,
A-winkin' at his mother-in-law.
Turkey...

Met Mr. Catfish comin' down stream.
Says Mr. Catfish, "What does you mean?"
Caught Mr. Catfish by the snout,
And turned Mr. Catfish wrong side out.
Turkey...

Came to a river and I couldn't get across,
Paid five dollars for a blind old hoss;
Wouldn't go ahead, nor he wouldn't stand still,
So he went up and down like an old saw mill.
Turkey...

As I came down the new cut road,
Met Mr. Bullfrog, met Miss Toad
And every time Miss Toad would sing,
Old Bullfrog cut a pigeon wing.
Turkey...

Oh I jumped in the seat and I gave a little yell
The horses ran away, broke the wagon all to hell
Sugar in the gourd and honey in the horn
I never been so happy since the day I was born.
Turkey...

1 kommentti:

  1. Korjataanpa vähän, Mikki näytteli tässä jo kolmannessa filmissään.

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