[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:08.86]My dad used to raise turkeys for Christmas [00:11.97]And about a week before he'd take them into town [00:15.91]He always kept ther biggest one 'specially for us [00:19.10]And mom'd cook it till it was golden brown [00:23.09]One year he brought the usual batch home [00:25.97]Just hatched with a lot of growing to do [00:29.67]There was one awful skinny like he put in my care [00:33.20]He never figured he'd pull through [00:36.98]I named him Henry and with a young boys touch [00:40.40]I finally got him to grow [00:44.01]Now I knowed what'd happen if he'd growed to much [00:47.39]I remember I used to tell him so [00:51.48]Henry you're growing a way to fast [00:54.60]Dad's got his eye on you [00:57.59]And Christmas Day is goin' to be you last [01:00.97]Eating the way you do [01:05.72]Course I never thought about the one dad sold [01:09.16]How they'd end up in the oven too [01:12.58]But I'd seen what happened when the ones he'd chose [01:16.53]And what him and that axe could do [01:20.38]Early one morning dad took 'em to town [01:23.82]And sure enough Henry was left [01:27.56]And by Christmas Eve the way I moped around [01:30.01]They all knew how bad I felt [01:35.12]After supper dad left the house [01:37.83]And everything was quiet exceptn' the old hall clock [01:41.48]It was a long long wait [01:48.94]Then we jumped straight up when the axe hit that choppin' block [01:52.27]We shot out the back door to where dad was [01:54.98]All of us a runnin' around [01:56.90]And dad just stood there grinnin' at us [01:59.86]Then we heared a goblin sound [02:04.02]No we didn't have turkey that Christmas Day [02:06.81]But that was alright with us [02:09.90]And there weren't a one of us [02:11.44]Who didn't want ot that way [02:14.28]And you know Henry had a Merry Christmas