Turkey Trot
A Thanksgiving Blessing
By: James John
Beautiful bird, all crispy and brown
When it’s time to eat they’ll all go to town
But first we must remember and thank
The people whose land we selfishly yanked
The Ballad of Turkey Cowboy
By: Jimmy Kudrik
A rusty saloon packed tight with outlaws
Seeds in the trough and the sound of stout caws
With matted dusty feathers and hat pulled low
Turkey Cowboy saunters in, seeking his crow
With spurs on his heels and a badge on his breast
He’s now Cobb County’s sheriff, at the people’s behest
Because brawling and scavenging, pecking and plundering
The legend of Sam Crow’s spree has been thundering
Amid raucous piano and the smell of stale booze
Sam sat playing stud with some hawks and their crews
As brightly plumed hens stood by and clucked
For the hawks were fast tiring of Sam's steady luck
That’s when Turkey Cowboy strode up to Sam’s table
The hawks keeping cool as best as they were able
Pistol Sam, he said, puffing his chest
In the name of Cobb County you’re under arrest
Sam raised his head slow, with his glass in his grip
And threw it at the turkey, who cracked it mid-air with his whip
At the same time Sam’s other wing pulled out his gun
But Turkey Cowboy whipped it away, 'fore he could fire one
The gun hit the ground, and up the hawks popped
Their guns drawn now too, and the music cold stopped
This man ain’t your friend, he’s been cheating you, see
Said Turkey Cowboy, hand him over to me
And then came a rooster with two pistols drawn
From his spurs to his beak, a mountain of brawn
If you want him you’ll have to take him from me
He said, when bounties are mine, ever more shall they be
No patron then stirred, not a scuff nor a peck
Prepared as they were to go down on the deck
Turkey cowboy seemed to count every feather on his foe
Then said with a grin, there’s one thing you should know
And fast as a flash he shot the cock dead
And whipped all three hawks’ guns without turning his head
I don’t do bounties I do justice you see
Because the law in this land starts and ends here with me
And he handcuffed the crow as quickly as that
And walked him away with a tip of his hat
And never again did a criminal dare
To enter Cobb County while Turkey Cowboy was there