My first artistic expression

Music has always played (pun intended) an important role in my life. We sang as kids to my Dad’s ukulele, my Mom’s favorite rounds, like “White Coral Bells” and “Frere Jacques” and “Three Blind Mice.” My parents even claimed that I sang before I talked. The song was “There’s a Great Big Turkey Down on Grandpa’s Farm” which I sang wordlessly but in the right tempo!

The words were:

“There’s a big fat turkey down on Grandpa’s farm who thinks he’s really gay.

He spreads his tail in a great big fan and he struts around all day.

You should hear him gobble at the girls and boys.

He thinks he’s singin...