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SONG CHALLENGE WINNER!
The Song Challenge: An Official Double
Dip Dare . . . -- Dare One: When This Pig Gets Pumped . . . -- A
pot-bellied pig sank his teeth into the leg of a burglar who was trying to rob his owner. Arnold, who weighs 21
stone, also stopped a burglar from getting into a neighbour's house by biting him.
The animal has become a celebrity among police officers in his home town of Minneapolis.
Arnold first showed his crime fighting abilities when his owner Becky Moyer spotted burglars
in her garage. She told the Star Tribune: "There were two guys in there.
One of them put something in my back that felt like a gun, and they said they wanted my
purse. I said my purse was in the house. When we went in, I screamed
for Arnold, and he got up and grabbed the guy by the leg. He yelled, 'There's a
pig in here!' and ran. There was blood all over." She added: "The
police gave him that 'crime-fighter' name. When they're in the neighbourhood,
they like to stop by and pet him." Arnold was a present from her boyfriend.
"Some people get lingerie," she said. "I got a pig." Dare Two: . . .
The Police Get Pissed . . . -- A Florida policeman who caught
a trouble-making pig after a 300-yard chase had to call for back-up to help him keep it
under 'arrest'. Ocala officer Carl Dunlap managed to hold on to the 14-stone
pig's ears and hind legs but said he was afraid the pig would wriggle free.
Three fellow officers arrived on the scene and managed to herd it on to a trailer.
Residents had complained the pig had been destroying property. "He spotted the
hog, chased him for about 300 yards and finally was able to wrestle him to the ground,'' said
Captain Robert Douglas, who heard his shouts for help over the radio. Minutes
later, Captain Douglas, Captain Mike Deen and Deputy John Shivley arrived on the scene to
help Dunlap end the struggle. "The first thing Dunlap said was that he sure was
glad we showed up because he really didn't know how much longer he was going to be able
to hold on," Captain Douglas said. The four men loaded the pig on to a trailer
and took it to Marion County Animal Control buildings, where officials placed the pig in
a dog pen.
Rich Pig, Poor Pig by derrymacash
derrymacash's Comments: This little ditty is to the tune of "The Rich Man And
The Poor Man" as sung by the extremely estimable Mr Dick Hogan on his excellent album "The
Wonders of the World". (Which, by chance, is reviewed on my website
Pay The Reckoning.
Oh, goodness me! Is that a plug? Ah, well . . . one plug out of 69
Challenge!s isn't bad, is it? Anyway, give it a visit, fellow Challenge!rs, and let
me know what you think. I *hope* that at least some of the stuff will be
right up your street.) Here goes . . . clears throat . . . and away!
Come, listen to the story of two famous porker-ums
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
I hope that you'll stick with it, cos it really is a corker-um
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um, o-roger-um
Skinny-ma-link-a-doodle-um, o-roger-um
First to get a mention is a certain nasty piggy-um
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
For laws regarding property he didn't give a fig-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um, etc
He busted and he shattered, trashed and vanadalised-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
Law enforcement officers surrounded and surprised-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um, etc
They carted piggy off and they threw him into jail-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
The trial judge, he heard the case and granted piggy bail-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um, etc
Let me introduce another pig into the story-um
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
He's good and clean and pure and he's bathed himself in glory-um
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um, etc
This little piggy-wig is a truly righteous hog-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
When his owner was attacked, he behaved like a guard dog-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um, etc
Fate, it seems, conspired to ensure the pigs would meet-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
They faced each other off in the middle of the street-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um, etc
Good and bad find it hard to co-exist-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
Sooner or later one will use the fist-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um, etc
And so it came to pass that in the village square-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
The villagers were treated to sight so very quare-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um
The victor emerged, dripping sweat and blood-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
His cruelly-beaten challenger, face-down in the mud-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um, etc
The bad little piggy-wig had triumphed o'er the good-ium
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
What did you expect, this isn't Hollywood-ium!
Glory hallelujah, o-roger-um
O-roger-um, etc.