Music and lyrics by Richie Kavanagh
Chorus
I am an auld turkey, I get no fair play, I’ll end up on the table on a Christmas day.
You’ll pull out me feathers from me lovely skin.
Then you wash me out an’ stuff the breadcrumbs in.
You feed me well you don’t give a feck, come christmas week your gonna ring me neck.
Oh gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, google, google, google, google.
That’s all I can say in defence.
Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, google, google, google, google.
Over the hen house fence.
The hen house is clean the straw is dry.
Everything is grand an’ I know why.
Your giving me an’ extra feed each day.
‘Cos your gonna sell me an’ get your pay.
Chorus
I am an auld turkey, I get no fair play, I’ll end up on the table on a Christmas day.
You’ll pull out me feathers, from me lovely skin.
Then you wash me out an’ stuff the breadcrumbs in.
You feed me well, you don’t give a feck, come Christmas week your gonna ring me neck.
Oh gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, google, google, google, google.
That’s all I can say in defence.
Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, google, google, google, google.
Over the hen house fence.
Your afraid of your life the fox will get me.
You’ll take me life the same as he.
The fox would love to give me the chop.
But your gonna hang me up dead in the shop.
Chorus
I am an auld turkey, I get no fair play, I’ll end up on the table on a Christmas day.
You’ll pull out me feathers from me lovely skin.
Then you wash me out and stuff the breadcrumbs in.
You feed me well you don’t give a feck come Christmas week your gonna ring me neck.
Oh gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, google, google, google, google.
That’s all I can say in defence.
Oh gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, google, google, google, google.
Over the hen house fence.