On Chicken's Wings (To the tune of "On Eagles Wings")

You who dwell on the borders of the land
Who abide in fear of West Nile
Give thanks to the birds who guard you Those Roosters in whom we trust

Chorus:
They will take us all beneath their wings
Those Mounties of the Feather'd Squad
Protect us from In - flu-en-za!
And still go w-ell in a frying pan

spoken Few people realize the long tradition behind troops of milatary chickens in North America. But they go back to the chickens that arrived on the Mayflower with Myles Standish, known as the Plymouth Rocks who were under the command of Corperal Capon Chantecleer. During the various fracases with native tribes and their poutlry, who better to guard against the Wyandottes and Delaware then the the loyal soldiers of the Rooster Corps? After all, the tradition has its roots in British history when squads of chicken soldiers fought off the Black Spanish of the Armada. Certainly every schoolchild grows up knowing of the exploits of such famous roosters of the past as Leghorn, Bantam and of course, Sgt. Dorking of the Mounties.

During the Cold War, it was patriotic chickens who protected democracy against those New Hampshire Reds and the Rhode Island Reds - when both states were hotbeds of communist chickens. And it is nearly certain that if the Donnor Party had had a squad of feathered warriors with them they would never have perished! Now along the border between Canada and the United states, our loyal feathered troops once again take up their duties of protecting humanity…

To all the chickens we've given a command
To guard us from virus and plague
Upon their combs lies their duty
To keep the diseases from us

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