Miz Henley's Revenge by Amos


The Mudcat Forum	The Mudcat Resource Pages	The Mudcat Midi Page	The Digital Tradition Folk Song Server
Back to The Mudcat Songbook		Back to The Song Challenge Winners!
Anyone is welcome to perform these songs in public without royalties; however, if any of them are recorded or published for profit, the writers/composers expect the usual royalties.

The Challenge: To write a song about the following (true) news story -- The cops get a call from a woman telling them to arrest her husband, who's in a motel room with another woman. They tell her that although what he's doing is immoral, it's not illegal. Then she tells them that the husband has a warrant out for his arrest. They check it out, and sure enough, it's true. The cops go to the motel and knock on the door. The man goes out the back window and starts to shimmy down a galvanized pipe -- not bothering to put on his clothes! The officer at the bottom of pipe shouts for the fella to come down. The man looks at the officer and says, 'Who? Me?', and the officer says 'How many naked guys on pipes do you think I'm talking to?"

Miz Henley's Revenge by Amos

C~~~~~~A~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs Henley called the coppers

Coppers, nab him! Bust him! Jail him!
Mrs Henley started wailin'
He's down at that Sleepy Eight
With that floozy Sal McWaite!

Saw him riding on the trolley
With that most immoral dolly!
Lock him up, throw out the key!
He cannot do this to me!!

The deskman, kind Patrolman Beagle
Said, "But ma'a'm, it's not illegal
Though his morals seem a crime
It's not grounds for doing time!

Mrs Henley, near conniption,
Said "I'll fax you his description!"
He's the one, you'll quickly tell
Knocked off the local S and L"

Mister Henley, and his Sally
They were gettin' awfully pally
They began to palpitate
Upstairs at the Sleepy Eight

Suddenly their am'rous bumpin'
Was interrupted by a thumpin'
Beagle loudly hollered, "Stop!"
"And open up, there! It's the cops!"

John Henley leaped up in the buff!
Suddenly, was not so tough!
Out the window quickly flew,
To avoid the men in blue

On the drainpipe he was clinging
In the wind, his mascot swinging!
Seeing coppers on the ground
Quickly turned his damper down!

Henley swinging in the night
Was a most amazing sight!
Sergeant Brady snickered, braying
"Hey you! Nude guy on the drain!"

John thought he could still stay free
Answered nicely, "Who, Sir? Me?"
Brady yelled "Get on the ground!"
"You're the only nude around!"

Now instead of fornication
Chains are Henley's destination
Naked, cold and in the cuffs
John declares he's had enough!!

Meanwhile, Mrs Henley waited
With her thirst for vengeance sated
Made another little call,
To her near-by boyfriend Paul!