1892 ‘Little Old Caboose Behind the Train’ in N. Cohen Long Steel Rail (1981) 383: They get out upon the track with their turkeys on their backs.at have a turkey on one’s back (v.) under turkey, n.1
1914 ‘The Hoghead’s Dying Request’ in N. Cohen Long Steel Rail (1981) 369: A hoghead on his deathbed lay, his life was ebbing fast away; / His friends around him closely pressed to hear the hogger’s last request.at hogger, n.2
1926 in N. Cohen Long Steel Rail (1981) 478: Let the Midnight Special shine her everloving light on me.at ever-loving, adj.
1928 ‘The Little Red Caboose behind the Train (II)’ in N. Cohen Long Steel Rail (1981) 382: They will get up on that track with a (turkey) on their back.at have a turkey on one’s back (v.) under turkey, n.1