Top Ten Thanksgiving Songs ( or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bird!)

A day to be thankful …

A twenty-four hour period in which we rejoice for all that we have.

Family, love and friends.

Three primary reasons aside from good health which enable us to smile as we plunge through the many injustices called life.

Sadly – there is one creature whose fate is not as fortunate. A feathery-friend caught rightly or wrongly on the bad side of things.

The Turkey. That strange looking reptilian with a lump in it’s throat. A lump brought on by the scent of fear. A nervousness acquired following too many deaths of his ‘closest’ friends over the years.

Funny Bird
The turkey is a funny bird
Its head goes bobble-bobble;
And all he knows is just one word…
And that is
GOBBLE-GOBBLE!
(Author Unknown)

For many Turkeys – sadly, Thanksgiving means the end. No more classrooms, no more books and certainly no more Rooster looks …

In ode to these fine-feathered fowls, here flies a list of The Top Ten Songs about birds / flying or anything related to birds. A compilation filled with beats,lyrics and rhythms catered toward our longtime ( and in certain cases – long-suffering ) friends.

10. Night Bird Flying – Jimi Hendrix