"Do Your Ears Hang Low?" (Roud 15472) is a traditional children's song that is often sung in schools, at camps and at birthday parties. The melody is usually an abridged version of "Turkey in the Straw", but it can also be sung to the tune of the "Sailor's Hornpipe" or "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers". A common belief is that the lyrics refer to the long ears of a hound, but it appears considerably more likely that the song originated as the vulgar "Do Your Balls Hang Low?", and was later sanitized.