From the recording Thanksgiving
<p>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...</p>
<p>This is the first song I've ever written starting from a Facebook status update. "<strong style="font-weight: bold;">Dolph Chaney</strong> 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.</p>
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Lyrics
<p>Thanksgiving</p>
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<p>Got a big bird brining in a bucket</p>
<p>Got a big bird brining in a bucket</p>
<p>Got a big bird brining in a bucket</p>
<p>And I'm thankful that I do</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Got a safe house sitting in a suburb</p>
<p>Got a safe house sitting in a suburb</p>
<p>Got a safe house sitting in a suburb</p>
<p>And I'm thankful that I do</p>
<p> </p>
<p>But mostly</p>
<p>I thank you</p>
<p>for you</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Got rutabagers, taters and tomaters</p>
<p>Got rutabagers, taters and tomaters</p>
<p>Got rutabagers, taters and tomaters</p>
<p>And I'm thankful that I do</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Got a good dog giving me her belly</p>
<p>Got a good dog giving me her belly</p>
<p>Got a good dog giving me her belly</p>
<p>And I'm thankful that I do</p>
<p> </p>
<p>But mostly</p>
<p>I thank you</p>
<p>for you</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Got cranberries cryin' in the crisper</p>
<p>Got cranberries cryin' in the crisper</p>
<p>Got cranberries cryin' in the crisper</p>
<p>And I'm thankful that I do</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Got kittycats curlin' up and cuddlin'</p>
<p>Got kittycats curlin' up and cuddlin'</p>
<p>Got kittycats curlin' up and cuddlin'</p>
<p>And I'm thankful that I do</p>
<p> </p>
<p>But mostly</p>
<p>I thank you</p>
<p>for you</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Got a fine funny fun-filled family</p>
<p>Got a fine funny fun-filled family</p>
<p>Got a fine funny fun-filled family</p>
<p>And I'm thankful that I do</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Got a beauty love calls me her bucket</p>
<p>Got a beauty love calls me her bucket</p>
<p>So I’ll take the turkey from the bucket, give it to the bucket</p>
<p>And be thankful that I do</p>
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<p>- Dolph L. Chaney, 25<sup style="vertical-align: super;">th</sup> November 2009</p>