SONG CHALLENGE WINNER!

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!


Such A Funny Thing by Gareth

Gareth's Comments:  Well, I don't know about a complete song, but, well, try a verse or two of Crawshaw Bailey, with an amended chorus.  In best South Welsh Dialect of course.

"Now a man called Peter Wright,
With the Law he had a fight,
The jail house he did merit,
For possession of a Ferret.

CHORUS:
Have you ever saw,
Have you ever saw.
Such a funny thing,
As Californian Law.

Now in bad old years ago.
To Australia you will go,
For a Ferret's basic habits,
Is hunting of the rabbits

(Chorus)

For the rich mans game reserve,
From the Poachers he'll preserve,
In Tasmania you will,
For the poaching of the Game.

(Chorus)

But in California's sunny climes.,
In this year of modern times,
For a felon you will make.
If a ferret you do take.

(Chorus)

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