Sam Hill, the Weasel-Keep by derrymacash


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The Song Challenge: From a recent National Public Radio show segment: Mr. Patrick Wright is serving time in the George F. Bailey Detention Facility in Otay Mesa, California for brandishing a knife at police and for illegal possession of ferrets. In California, unlike most states in the U.S., keeping ferrets as pets is illegal. He picked up the knife when the police burst through his door during a raid to take possession of his four pet ferrets. "I like to believe I live in a free country . . . in California . . . it's like we're dealing with Stalin . . . it's completely un-American," says Mr. Wright. His fellow inmates in the county jail at first didn't believe he'd been arrested for ferret possession. However, after they'd seen his picture in the local newspaper, they began calling him 'Ferretman'. He told the court that he is sorry about the knife incident, but still defends his right to keep ferrets. The appeal of ferrets he says, '. . . they're like little clowns . . . they're Prozac with legs." The Challenge is to write a song welcoming Mr. Wright home from the county jail and/or defending his right to keep ferrets!

Sam Hill, the Weasel-Keep by derrymacash
(A parody of Sam Hall)

Oh me name it is Sam Hall, weasel-keep, weasel-keep
Oh me name it is Sam Hall, weasel-keep
Oh me name it is Sam Hall, and I hate you one and all
As you plotted my downfall, you will weep, you will weep
As you plotted my downfall, you will weep

I'm the owner of a pet, long and thin, long and thin
I'm the owner of a pet, long and thin
I'm the owner of a pet, that is deemed to be a threat
And they're calling for the vet, do him in, do him in
And they're calling for the vet, do him in

I can hear the sirens wail, state police, state police
I can hear the sirens wail, state police
I can hear the sirens wail, I can see the nightsticks flail
And they cart me off to jail, like a thief, like a thief
And they cart me off to jail, like a thief

Said the judge the case is clear, make him pay, make him pay
Said the judge the case is clear, make him pay
Said the judge the case is clear, and the sentence is severe
We don't want no ferrets here in LA, in LA
We don't want no ferrets here in LA

Oh me name it is Sam Hall, weasel-keep, weasel-keep
Oh me name it is Sam Hall, weasel-keep
Oh me name it is Sam Hall, and I hate you one and all
As you plotted my downfall, you will weep, you will weep
As you plotted my downfall, you will weep