Bill the Turkey
Tune: Turkey in the Straw

Oh we used to have a turkey and the turkey’s name is Bill,
And we fed him every day until he’d had his fill.
Then we’d set him out on the kitchen window sill.
If it wasn’t for Thanksgiving he’d be sitting there still.

Oh a turkey is a bird who hasn’t any sense.
He don’t know how to fly and his brain is very dense.
But you’ll notice in November he starts getting rather tense,
And starts trying to fly up and out the barnyard fence.

Oh we cooked a little roast beef and we cooked a little ham,
And we cooked some cauliflower, and we cooked some candied yams,
And we opened up the cranberries, we even cooked some spam.
But we couldn’t cook the turkey cause he wouldn’t fit the pan.

So old Bill is now a part of our barnyard family here,
And he seems to like his place there, he struts round so full of cheer.
But there’s something Bill won’t know and it’s something he should fear;
Cause Bill’s going on a diet, he’ll be our main course next year.