Dang! I wrote this before I read the other entries... didn't realize Mouse Thief had already written his prison break song. Oh well - here's another.

Trapper

CHINESE FARM BREAK BLUES
Tune: Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
New Words: Trapper (Al Boyce) 10/22/2010

I hear Sheng Hsueh a comin'
He's comin' round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when,
I'm a cow inside a tunnel, and time keeps draggin' on
If I were 5 stone smaller, I'd be in old Hong Kong!

We overheard the farmer
Talking to his wife one day
"We're gonna lose the farm, too many bills there are to pay
We'll have to kill the livestock, cash in, and move away.
So let's fatten them all up now, and then begin to slay."

The rooster called a meeting,
and all of us were there.
"We've got to form an escape plan to get away from here.
We've got to dig a tunnel, down by the bamboo tree.
If we hang around this farmyard, we'll all be fricassee."

The chickens ran through first,
Ducks and geese not far behind.
The goats and pigs got through, but I was in a bind
If I'd cut back on the oats now, I'd be moo-vin' on
Now I hear the farmer comin', Soon I will be Szechuan