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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.
LEECH HIDE! by Trapper
(Tune: Rawhide / New words by Al Boyce 7/2/2001)
I'm rollin', rollin', rollin'
In leeches fat and swollen.
Blood suckers fiercely holdin',
My hide!
I fell into the leech pond
Now there's no breakin' their bond,
Thousands of 'em covering my side
I took up ranching leeches
To put gold in my breeches
But now I'm at the end of my ride.
Chorus:
Brush 'em down!..... Yank 'em out!..... Pull 'em off!..... Burn 'em up!.....
Cut 'em out!..... Rip 'em off!....... my hide!
Rip 'em off!..... Cut 'em out,..... Burn 'em up!,.... Brush 'em down,
Yank 'em out!.......Pull 'em off! .... my hide!
To make a million buckers,
I bought this pond of suckers,
To sell to fishing ...sportsmen,
I tried!
But when feeding them their carrion,
I slipped while I was tarryin'
Now they're eating me from out and from inside...
Now if no one from Wisconsin
Hears me, and then responds in
A minute, I'll be fried....
Chorus:
Brush 'em down!..... Yank 'em out!..... Pull 'em off!..... Burn 'em up!.....
Cut 'em out!..... Rip 'em off!....... my hide!
Rip 'em off!..... Cut 'em out,..... Burn 'em up!,.... Brush 'em down,
Yank 'em out!.......Pull 'em off! .... my hide!