Garbage Hopper Blues by Clifton53


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Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, But Rita Got Returned To Wal-Mart OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - A Nebraska woman who received an ornate box for Christmas and returned it to Wal-Mart without looking inside discovered later it contained the ashes of her recently deceased sister, a newspaper reported on Friday. Judy Money received the box as a gift from her brother who lives in Iowa. But after unwrapping the package on Christmas Eve she saw the box had a broken knob and decided to return it to Wal-Mart without ever looking at the contents inside, the Omaha World-Herald reported. When Money later confessed to her brother that she had returned his gift, he told her the box contained the ashes of their sister, who had died Dec. 11, the Herald said. Marvin Tippery, Money's brother, told the Herald he was shocked when he found out she had returned the box. "No, no, you didn't! Your sister was in there," the Herald quoted him as telling Money. Money told the Herald she made a mad dash back to Wal-Mart, but the box had already been thrown out with the trash. Money and her brother finally found the box on Thursday amid trash piles at an area landfill. "My prayers have been answered," she told the Herald. "Just the thought of having her in the dump was awful."

Garbage Hopper Blues by Clifton53

S'bad enough I'm dead Lord, and should be buried in the clay
Yes it's bad enough I'm dead Lord, I should be buried in the clay
But my sister in Nebraska, she threw my poor remains away

Well my brother he's no genius, but he has a golden heart
Yes my brother ain't no genius, but he has a golden heart
So he shipped me off to sister, in a box from old Wal-Mart

Well the trip was long and lonely, I'm movin' on from sun to sun
Yes the trip was long and lonely, I'm movin'on from sun to sun
I ain't too happy in this carton, I wish this god-damn trip was done

Safe now in Nebraska, I guess my brother done his job
Yes I'm safe now in Nebraska, I guess my brother done his job
But my trip ain't over yet babe, 'cause of a stupid broken knob

Just wanna rest in peace Lord, don't wanna cause a family rift
I just wanna rest in peace Lord, don't wanna cause no family rift
See my brother put my ashes, in my sister's Christmas gift

Well my sister she just tossed me, like a worn out pair of shoes
Yes my sister she just tossed me, like a worn out pair of shoes
Sent me to eternal rest Lord, with the Garbage Hopper Blues