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The Song Challenge:   Don't Ya Crawl Too Slow, Move Along Lil' Suckahs . . .    – DULUTH, Minnesota (AP) -- Phil DeVore thinks of himself as a rancher.  But he doesn't ride the range tending his herd, he just drops meat scraps into the pond.  DeVore raises leeches on his farm south of Superior, Wisconsin.  He says the little suckers are like black gold.   The leeches are prized by fisherman as bait.  DeVore tells the Duluth, Minnesota, News Tribune he's working 20 hours a day this time of year to keep up with demand.  DeVore's jumbo leeches sell for about 16 dollars a pound -- more expensive than steak.  He says even if he wanted to eat leeches, he couldn't afford it.


I Call to Leeches by SharonA
(Tune: "I Fall to Pieces" as performed by Patsy Cline)

I call to leeches
Each time I feed them again.
I call to leeches;
How can I be their ranch-hand?

They want to attack with their bleedin' kiss.
They want my white plate-let
Given with no regret.
And I've tried skin to hide;
I won't give in yet.
I walk by
And I call to leeches.

I call to leeches
Each time some angler wants same.
I call to leeches;
Time only adds to their fame.

The fishermen find it's the leech they love
'Cause fishes love them too
The way I used to do.
But each time I'd go eat them,
Some cash I blew.
You all buy
And I'll call to leeches.
You all buy
And I'll call to leeches.

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