I've been writing songs about various holidays for many years -- some day it's likely that my Greatest Hits album will be a calendar...
This is the first song I've ever written starting from a Facebook status update. "Dolph Chaney has a big bird brining in a bucket." (Which I did -- a 21-pounder to feed us and the in-laws.) As soon as I wrote that, I started bopping all around the house saying "big bird brining in a bucket" to myself, and in less time than it takes to make a pot of gravy I had the song.
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Thanksgiving
Got a big bird brining in a bucket
Got a big bird brining in a bucket
Got a big bird brining in a bucket
And I'm thankful that I do
Got a safe house sitting in a suburb
Got a safe house sitting in a suburb
Got a safe house sitting in a suburb
And I'm thankful that I do
But mostly
I thank you
for you
Got rutabagers, taters and tomaters
Got rutabagers, taters and tomaters
Got rutabagers, taters and tomaters
And I'm thankful that I do
Got a good dog giving me her belly
Got a good dog giving me her belly
Got a good dog giving me her belly
And I'm thankful that I do
But mostly
I thank you
for you
Got cranberries cryin' in the crisper
Got cranberries cryin' in the crisper
Got cranberries cryin' in the crisper
And I'm thankful that I do
Got kittycats curlin' up and cuddlin'
Got kittycats curlin' up and cuddlin'
Got kittycats curlin' up and cuddlin'
And I'm thankful that I do
But mostly
I thank you
for you
Got a fine funny fun-filled family
Got a fine funny fun-filled family
Got a fine funny fun-filled family
And I'm thankful that I do
Got a beauty love calls me her bucket
Got a beauty love calls me her bucket
So I’ll take the turkey from the bucket, give it to the bucket
And be thankful that I do
- Dolph L. Chaney, 25th November 2009