The Great Thanksgiving Turkey War
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The Great Thanksgiving Turkey War
Farmer Brown went down to the barnyard In his hands he was carrying an axe But when he got down to the barnyard In the end it was he that got the whacks It was the great turkey revolution It was the great poultry coup d'etat It was the great livestock rebellion The farm animals, they had the last "ha ha" Old Tom Turkey called the animals together He said, "Friends, Thanksgiving is a day away And that means by Friday I'll be dead and eaten And on Sunday dinner will be cow fillet.” At the meeting was the barnyard flock of turkeys There were cows and sheep and a collie pup They decided that the problem was quite simple: How to "gobble, gobble", not be gobbled up It was the great turkey revolution It was the great poultry coup d'etat It was the great livestock rebellion The farm animals, they had the last "ha ha" Greg MacDonald was a mean and nasty person He thought chicken dinner was the way to go At the henhouse there were half a dozen roosters Made him run off yelling ee-i, ee-i oh! Farmer Sam was a terror in the barnyard Every single morning wanted ham and eggs But that stopped when the piglets armed their cannons And the chickens pecked the stockings off his legs It was the great turkey revolution It was the great poultry coup d'etat It was the great livestock rebellion The farm animals, they had the last "ha ha" The treaty begging peace came quick and sudden Vegetarian for now and evermore There was dancing in the stable and the farm-yard For winning the Thanksgiving Turkey War Now the pumpkins and the apples are unhappy And the peas are busy crying out their eyes If the fruits and veggies get their acts together We might have to learn to photosynthesize! It was the great turkey revolution It was the great poultry coup d'etat It was the great livestock rebellion The farm animals, they had the last "ha ha" |
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