My Wishing Bone

Each year dad and I would have this game, we would play it with the wishing bone

Inside the turkey we would find, and then pull and tug, him on one side, and I pulled the other

Whoever got the longest bone would be the one to make the wish and hope that it come true

Turkey, pheasant, chicken, and quail each time we would find that bone, and next time I would win

Now I made my wish, it was the same almost each time, now the story goes if you told your wish it would not come true

But since it so long ago, I think I can tell it now, my wish you see, was to pray to thee that if I would die

You would take care of me and the family that I love, and we would all be safe forever

In your arms one day, that's what my wish entailed, so now I have a collection of all the sizes

Of each wishing bone from every bird, and my wish is still the same, and I am still asking

For the wish to come true and be blessed by you this day