From the Max Hunter Collection: link. I've made a few minor corrections. IN A HOG PEN Cat. #0025 (MFH #287) - As sung by Fred High, High, Arkansas on February 12, 1958 I used to dress well And cut a big swell With a fine beaver hat on my head Wore several fine suits With five dollar boots A very fine chap it was said One night I drunk free Got on a big spree The landlord, he sold me the toddy He beat me with blows He thumped my red nose So roughly he handled my body So, I thought I'd take it by little Digest my vittles And make a new boiler, make steam My money all spent for got-vim How bitter the woe Had nowhere to go That night I lodged in a hog pen Hog's bein' displeased They snuffled an' sneezed And they covered me up with their noses They chewed up my hat Both greasy and flat And tore up one-half of my shirt An' th girls they would cry When me they did spy And the boys, they would giggle and shout Says, look at his head O, ain't his nose red By jollies, his eyes are jobbed out With my hat brim tore Hung down before An' my nose it stuck straight out between An' th girls they would cry When me they did spy And the boys, they would giggle and shout Says, look at his head O, ain't his nose red By jollies, his eyes are jobbed out This goofy little song was sung by Fred High.
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