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The Song Challenge:   By popular demand, this Challenge! is from Roger the Skiffler, who posted this message on this thread. It kind of gives a new meaning to the phrase "Come on in, the water's fine!" -- Bourbon fire in Kentucky -- The fire consumed a seven-storey warehouse A distillery blaze fuelled by thousands of gallons of whiskey has destroyed a warehouse and threatened water supplies in central Kentucky.  A spokesman for the Wild Turkey whiskey company said thousands of bourbon casks had been exploding like gunfire at the peak of the blaze in a seven-storey warehouse near the town of Lawrenceburg.  No one was seriously injured, although two firefighters were overcome by fumes and heat. An investigation has started into the cause of the fire.  Water contaminated -- The authorities shut down a local water treatment plant after a large amount of burning bourbon mixed with water from fire hoses flowed into the Kentucky River.  Lawrenceburg officials ordered unnecessary water usage in restaurants and car washes to be halted temporarily.  The burning alcohol also set fire to woods behind the water treatment plant.  The warehouse was one of 12 at the plant. Company officials said each facility contained 15,000-20,000 barrels filled with bourbon.  The distillery - the only one where the famous Wild Turkey brand is made - is still operating. The company spokesman said supplies of the bourbon would not be affected. He said the whiskey in the destroyed warehouse would not have been ready for drinking for another 10 years.  Wild Turkey is owned by the French spirits conglomerate Pernod-Ricard SA.

Keep Those Pumps Going! by Dave (the ancient mariner)
(To the tune Hills of Connemara)

Chorus:
Gather up the pots and the old tin cans
The bath, the buckets, the pitchers and the pans
Run like the devil to the Wild Turkey dams
Keep the pumps going Dan and Barney

Oh the firemen say it is a shame
Save as much as you can, to beat the flame
Don't give up now all the drunks exclaim
Keep those pumps going Dan and Barney

Chorus

Spray from the hoses glows like golden rain
Flowing down the river, like a golden train
Most of its going in the Lawrenceburg drain
Keep the pumps going Dan and Barney

Chorus

Swing hoses to the left and swing hoses to the right
The firemen will work throughout the night
Filling your containers with all their might
Keep the pumps going Dan and Barney

Chorus

With the barrels all burst the Burbon flows
Where it's all going nobody knows
I'll be drinking it till next years snows
In the hills of old Kentucky

Chorus

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