SONG CHALLENGE WINNER!

The Song Challenge:   This Challenge! was suggested by sophocleese (thanks!). If you're getting those summertime doldrums (or wintertime doldrums, if you're one of our NZ/OZ friends), here's a frisky little Challenge! that ought to blow those doldrums right away (hehehehehe):   So A Man Walks Into A Bar With A Fox Under His Arm And... -- "This whole story has been blown out of all proportion," said a spokeswoman for the Over and Sons garage in Aspatria. "It's true that last week a man walked onto our forecourt in the Market Place with a fox under his arm, pushed the nozzle of the compressed air line into the animal's rectum, put 20p in the slot, and pumped it until it exploded. But what the newspaper reports didn't mention was that the animal was already dead."   The spokeswoman explained that the garage had been under siege for several days following reports about the incident. A report appeared in the local paper, talking about 'this sickening and horrible act,' and next day the nasty phone calls started. Animal rights activists even threatened to make reprisal attacks on the garage, and more staff were called in.   But what had really happened was that an amateur taxidermist had brought the dead fox in, and asked if he could pump some air between the fur and the skin, to loosen the pelt. After apparently 'overdoing' it a bit, he then ran away in embarrassment. The garage's spokeswoman continued, "It ought to be obvious to anyone that the animal couldn't have been alive. I mean, it's hard enough to even hold a live fox, let alone insert an air-line up its rectum.  I should imagine."   Police later confirmed that they had spoken to a man about the incident. "We are convinced that no criminal act has taken place, but we did warn him about the inadvisability of inflating animals in a public place." 

Fox Went Up by Bradypus
(Tune is 'Frog went a Courting')

Bradypus' Comments:  I suspect there's a good hunting song could be made from this, as well as the challenge.

Fox went up in the morning light
Uh – Hmm
Fox went up in the morning light
Uh-Hmm
Fox went up in the morning light
Heard the hounds, got a helluva fright
Uh-Hmm

Hounds soon caught the fox's scent
Uh-Hmm
Hounds soon caught the fox's scent
Uh-Hmm
Hounds soon caught the fox's scent
To catch the fox was their intent
Uh-Hmm

Farmer's son joined in the chase
Uh-Hmm
Farmer's son joined in the chase
Uh-Hmm
Farmer's son joined in the chase
His pony just kept up the pace
Uh-Hmm

Farmer's son was in at the kill
Uh-Hmm
Farmer's son was in at the kill
Uh-Hmm
Farmer's son was in at the kill
They blooded the lad with a right good will
Uh-Hmm

Took the fox home in a box
Uh-Hmm
Took the fox home in a box
Uh-Hmm
Took the fox home in a box
Over hedges, among the rocks
Uh-Hmm

Fox is going to be stuffed today
Uh-Hmm
Fox is going to be stuffed today
Uh-Hmm
Fox is going to be stuffed today
So they can put him on display
Uh-Hmm

Taxidermist will skin the fox
Uh-Hmm
Taxidermist will skin the fox
Uh-Hmm
Taxidermist will skin the fox
And mount him well in a shiny box
Uh-Hmm

Skin's on tight, gotta make it loose
Uh-Hmm
Skin's on tight, gotta make it loose
Uh-Hmm
Skin's on tight, gotta make it loose
Some compressed air is the thing to use
Uh-Hmm

On the garage forecourt now it's late
Uh-Hmm
On the garage forecourt now it's late
Uh-Hmm
On the garage forecourt now it's late
Put the airline in, and start to inflate
Uh-Hmm

Now he's starting to get the hang
Uh-Hmm
Now he's starting to get the hang
Uh-Hmm
Now he's starting to get the hang
But the pressure's high, and the fox goes BANG
Uh-Hmm

There's skin and fur all over the place
Uh-Hmm
There's skin and fur all over the place
Uh-Hmm
There's skin and fur all over the place
The taxidermist daren't show his face
Uh-Hmm

Animal rights folk huffed and puffed
Uh-Hmm
Animal rights folk huffed and puffed
Uh-Hmm
Animal rights folk huffed and puffed
'It's the taxidermist who should be stuffed'
Uh-Hmm

Policeman saw that man alone
Uh-Hmm
Policeman saw that man alone
Uh-Hmm
Policeman saw that man alone
'If you inflate foxes, better do it at home!'
Uh-Hmm

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