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Author: | ciderman_nz [ Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:03 pm ] |
Post subject: | Pigs |
One evening last October, when I was far from sober And dragging home a load with manly pride My feet began to stutter and I fell down in the gutter And a pig came up and parked right by my side Then I mumbled, "It's fair weather when good comrades get together" Till a lady passing by was heard to say, "You can tell a man that boozes by the playmates that he chooses" Then the pig got up and slowly walked away I began to scratch the gravel, on my all fours I did travel I rambled down the road the best I could When I awoke next morning, just as the day was dawning I was in a hog pen away out in the woods Then the hogs began to grumble, I started and I stumbled I fell right in their midst and there I lay Then one by one they started, till all the herd departed Yes, every hog got up and walked away Now lately I've been thinking that I will quit my drinking I'm going to leave off whiskey, beer and grog For there's no consolation, but only aggravation You can't even find friends with a hog . |
Author: | Paulreiki [ Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:35 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
Author: | linnyx [ Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:21 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
:drinking: :drinking: :D :lol: |
Author: | ciderman_nz [ Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:26 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
I was paid 19/6d for that in 1958. That was a huge amount of money! I used to mow lawns for about 2/6d and when I was old enough and had a drivers license I delivered greengroceries for a pound for monday, Wednesday and Friday took me about an hour after school each day. |
Author: | helenoftheways [ Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:34 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
You mean you wrote it?? |
Author: | ciderman_nz [ Wed Jan 25, 2017 3:41 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
Yes and it was entered into a competition by a relation in England for some newspaper competition . I was rewarded with the 19/6d and my relation paid for the postage! It was a cheque! Do you remember them? Took about 3 weeks to clear! |
Author: | helenoftheways [ Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:08 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/bawdy ... 008104.HTM http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiPIGINEB4.html ....and many other variations! So you're pretty famous!! |
Author: | Torre [ Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:44 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
Oh, all those lost royalties. |
Author: | linnyx [ Wed Jan 25, 2017 3:51 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
It's just amazing Michael!!! |
Author: | ciderman_nz [ Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:04 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
Bloody hell! Some slight variations but otherwise the same! I've been trying to remember where it went but the great uncle I sent it to is long dead and I haven't a clue where the competition was. I can't even remember whose cheque it was. 1958 seems a bloody long time ago! Uncle Wal(ter) was my grandad's brother and they had a farm near Burnham market in Norfolk, where the cropped but also reared pigs. Uncle Wal was an ex army man of the Royal Garrison Artillery who spent time in India and was responsible for naming my first dog "Chubba" (short for Chubbarara- apparently "Boss" in the Indian dialect.) |
Author: | ciderman_nz [ Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:50 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
Being more than somewhat intrigued by this I googled and lots came up ascribing it sometimes to a name and sometimes to anonymous. And some have lots more verses and they mostly differ in some small way. I'm mystified! |
Author: | Paulreiki [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 12:01 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pigs |
Curiouser and curiouser! |
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