What are the racist origins of the ice cream truck song? ... the song stole its melody from an early 19th century tune called "Turkey in the Straw," which is the song's more commonly known name now.

People lined up early outside the shop for a chance to try the ice cream, and the first 100 customers were treated to a free scoop. Inside Salt & Straw at Disney Springs.

The ice-cream company marked its 100th anniversary last year by teaming up RZA on the new song and educating people about why ice-cream-truck drivers should no longer use the song “Turkey in the Straw ...

The song would stop me and my friends dead in our tracks. It didn’t matter what we were doing — watching television, playing a pickup game of baseball, riding 10-speeds across the neighborhood ...

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He’s making history by working with Good Humor to revamp what many know as the ice cream truck jingle. News. Latest News; ... connotation and the minstrel history of the Turkey in the Straw song.

The new tune is meant to replace the current one set to the American folk song, “Turkey In The Straw.” ... “I remember the days when I would hear that iconic ice cream truck jingle outside, ...

“Throughout the 19th century, minstrel songs like ‘Turkey in the Straw’ were commonly played in ice cream parlors, and later, adapted as ice cream truck jingles.

Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA is putting the “good” in Good Humor, partnering with the sweets vendor to create a new ice cream truck jingle as a free alternative to the well-known and problematic ...