This is a song that my mother taught me decades ago (hand motions and all) and I, in turn, taught my children. I wonder who else may know this song. Let me know!
Be warned! It is a tear jerker!!
Gobble, gobble, gobble
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day,
Gobble, gobble, gobble
People say it is great fun
But I think that I shall run
And hide until the day is done
Gobble, gobble, gobble.
Gobble, gobble, gobble
In his feathers deep and red,
Gobble, gobble, gobble
But they caught him by the wall!
Stuffed and ate him wings and all!
And, never ... more ... will ... turkey ... call
Gobble, gobble, gobble!
14 comments:
That is too cute!
I'm going to copy and paste that for my nieces and nephews.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving Day
& thank you:)
Huggs-
Niki
So cute; I'm trying to figure out what the hand motions would be.
sniff, sniff.....
Happy Thanksgiving!
betty
Oh we had one that was something like this...
Albuquerque Turkey
(sung to the tune of "Clementine")
Albuquerque is a turkey
And he's feathered and he's fine
And he wobbles and he gobbles
and he's absolutely mine.
He's the best pet that you can get..
Better than a dog or cat.
He's my Albuquerque turkey
And I'm awfully proud of that.
He once told me , very frankly
he preferred to be my pet,
not the main course at my dinner,
and I told him not to fret.
And my Albuquerque turkey
is so happy in his bed,
'Cause for our Thanksgiving dinner...
We had scrambled eggs instead.
How sad! (weep, weep) lol
Happy Thanksgiving!
Bon & Mal
Betty: The hand motions are flapping "wings", hands over face to "hide", tucking your head in the crook of your arm, farmer grabbing turkey by imaginary neck, stuffing!!, shaking head and crying. LOL Of course, the last line is sung with lots of emotion and drama!
Donna
Have you noticed how a lot of children's songs and nursery rhymes always involve death or slaughter in one way or another (ie. 3 blind mice, ring-a-ring-a-roses) - I guess the writers had a sense of humour!
Happy Thanksgiving (but I don't envy you Americans two turkey in the space of 5 weeks!)
Tilly xx
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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~alice
Thatnkfully I am a Welsh vegetarian so can read this from the high moral ground! happy Thanksgiving to all in the States!
Kath
Happy Thanksgiving!!! Lelly
Awww.. lol.. Have a great day anyway! lol..
Happy Bird-Day!
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I get closer to vegetarianism daily, lol....xoxo
LOL...Otto my 9yr old called me a bird killer, lmao..he doesnt eat any meat...so he said..then I put the turkey out! Guess what he ate! LOL
Hope you had a wonderful day!
and i say AMEN!!!
kill that turkey !!!
lol
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ps never feel bad for a "turkey"
Here's to tofu!
Judith
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