I once had a pig that loved me
We lived in a shed in the country
In a middle class district of Dunfries
But that sad kind of pig was he
Pigs can’t swim and pigs can’t fly
But pigs can see the wind go by
Pigs make lovely household friends
When winter comes and summer ends.
Each week that lofty beastie
Would beg with eyes so misty
To take a boat o’er to England
His life dreams to fulfill.
To plunge into the Channel
Swim to France would be his gamble
Lord Chadwick couldn’t hold a candle
To such a darin’ pig as he.
“Are you tired of me?” I asked him
“Will our friendship not be lastin’?”
But he told me I was graspin’
And he needed to be free.
“So will you take me there tomorrow?”
“In a pigs eye” I said with sorrow
So he drowned himself in the bathtub
(Naughty boy) and I had porkchops for me tea.
Sad old ballads like this just bring a tear to me eye.
Pork chops with tea and a dead pig in the bathtub. It doesn’t get any more sentimental than that.
Spare ribs with a pint for supper would be a nice touch.
runar almost 16 years ago
I once had a pig that loved me We lived in a shed in the country In a middle class district of Dunfries But that sad kind of pig was he
Pigs can’t swim and pigs can’t fly But pigs can see the wind go by Pigs make lovely household friends When winter comes and summer ends.
Each week that lofty beastie Would beg with eyes so misty To take a boat o’er to England His life dreams to fulfill.
To plunge into the Channel Swim to France would be his gamble Lord Chadwick couldn’t hold a candle To such a darin’ pig as he.
“Are you tired of me?” I asked him “Will our friendship not be lastin’?” But he told me I was graspin’ And he needed to be free.
“So will you take me there tomorrow?” “In a pigs eye” I said with sorrow So he drowned himself in the bathtub (Naughty boy) and I had porkchops for me tea.
Ray_C almost 16 years ago
Sad old ballads like this just bring a tear to me eye. Pork chops with tea and a dead pig in the bathtub. It doesn’t get any more sentimental than that. Spare ribs with a pint for supper would be a nice touch.
TheRedHatt almost 16 years ago
Great left, great right great UU !!!
runar almost 16 years ago
It’s from a rather old Irish Rovers album, Tales to Warm Your Mind.
Wildmustang1262 almost 16 years ago
Runar, that poet is nice. OINK! :-)
Ray_C almost 16 years ago
And it was the Irish Rovers who also brought us the Unicorn Song. They seem to have had a thing about drowning mammals.
Durak Premium Member almost 16 years ago
I just can’t get enough of her bashing his piggy little face. Do it again tomorrow!