Song Challenge! Part 27

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From:
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 12:17 PM

The lyrics can be found at this link.
" We fired our guns ..."

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/battleof.htm

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 30 Aug 01 - 12:49 PM

Whiskey and Water (Smoke on the Water)

We all went down to the river
And waded at the shoreline
To get us some Wild Turkey
The river flowed like wine

In a Lawrenceburg Warehouse
20,000 barrels of booze
And when the fire started
We had no time to lose

Whiskey and Water
All the winos cried
Whiskey and Water
Fire made us dry

And now its in the water supply
They're telling us not to drink
You at least we all gotta try it
No matter what they think

Whiskey and Water
We're filling up our sink
Whiskey and Water
So we can have a drink

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Aidan Crossey
Date: 30 Aug 01 - 11:22 AM

A parody on "Where Streams Of Whiskey Are Flowing" from the first Pogues' album "Red Roses For Me". The verses are my own, but the chorus is unaltered from MacGowan's original.

The word was passed around through every bar and gin-joint
The fire crew have been called to Warehouse Number Ten
Grab every jar and glass, every mug, jug and container
Our prayers have been answered, the whiskey's flowing like rain

CHORUS I am going, I am going
Any which way the wind may be blowing
Iam going, Iam going
Where streams of whiskey are flowing

The streets of Lawrenceburg were filled to overflowing
With all the human wreckage Kentucky calls its own
Armed to the back teeth with jerry cans and barrels
Every receptacle the world has ever known

CHORUS

The run off from the fire was heading to the river
To bottle up the flow was we alcos' only aim
We lost a few that night, I hoped that they died peaceful
Floating off to heaven on the golden whiskey stream

CHORUS

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Spider Tom
Date: 20 May 00 - 12:46 AM

Aine , chosen challengers, thread readers, retrievers,
and countless deceivers.
Unaccustomed to public threading, as I am I would just like to type a few words of thanks, but first, I am reminded of a little anecdote I once heard.......Mumble
..........Mumble..........Mumble......Bla, bla, bla.....
mumble.....mumble (he does go on dosen't he?)......bla, bla, BLA!. Ha Ha Ha ha! Which just goes to show you should always keep the bottle on the top shelf.
Thank you all I loves ya's,
I hope the speech wasn't too long but I felt the time was right.
Been good fun, everyone.
Thanks again,
Spider Tom

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: MMario
Date: 19 May 00 - 11:11 PM

*major applause* way toi go b-pus!

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Bradypus
Date: 19 May 00 - 07:25 PM

[blush]

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 19 May 00 - 07:21 PM

Ah no you don't! You don't get away that easily, Bradypus! Kentucky River has been awarded the Golden Chip with Shamrock Cluster, so there. And . . .

The Keeper of the Book has -- A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

Sir Bradypus has been awarded the most prestigious Whole Bag O' Chips Award, which is given to the Challenge!rs who have won all the other Challenge! awards possible - excluding the "Two-Fer-One" and "All-In-One Genius" Awards -- and he's actually won Everything But The Two-Fer-One . . . so, what is he waiting for???

Congratulations to a true Challenger!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Bradypus
Date: 19 May 00 - 06:51 PM

I just wrote a little something to keep this thread alive, and I see that the awards have been issued. So this one's just for fun...

Tune: Kentucky Woman, by Neil Diamond

Kentucky River

Kentucky River
It shines with its own kind of light
You look at it once
And you see it's on fire, yes that's right
Full of whiskey
Yes full of whiskey

Kentucky River
I want to be there
I want to smell the air
Kentucky River

Well the bourbon's the kind
Makes heads turn at the drop of its name
Yes Wild Turkey flows free
And the river flows on, full of flame
Full of whiskey
Yes full of whiskey

Kentucky River
Flowing through Lawrenceburg
Past the distillery
Kentucky River

I don't want much
A barrel of whiskey beneath my feet
A gentle touch
On my lips and tongue,
And life is sweet and good
Ain't no doubt
I'm talkin' about

Kentucky River
I want to be there
Whiskey in the air
Kentucky River

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 19 May 00 - 06:32 PM

Finalmente! Here they are, lads and lasses, the awards you've been yearning for -- Congrat, cudos and thanks yet again to all of you for answering the "call" of the river!

-- Áine

=================================

Winners of the Golden Cow Chip Award with Shamrock:
Kentucky River Side by Mbo
The Warehouse It Is A Razing by GreatGoo
Wild Turkey by Dave (the ancient mariner)

Winners of the Golden Cow Chip Award with Harp Ribbon:
Burning Bourbon by Spider Tom
Burning Of The Still by Amergin
The Day The River Turned To Booze by Dharmabum
Keep Those Pumps Going! by Dave (the ancient mariner)
"T" Is For Turkey by SINSULL
The Wylde Turkey Chanty by MMario

Winners of the Golden Cow Chip Award with Cleigh's Blue Fume Shield:
Wild Turkey Blues by Bradypus

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Amergin
Date: 19 May 00 - 06:04 PM

Just refreshing this.

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 May 00 - 04:59 PM

Bet if the Song Challenge was about breasts instead of bourbon, this would go on forever. You're right Tom. Let's keep this at the top. SS

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: MMario
Date: 19 May 00 - 09:26 AM

yeesh tom, not so *loud* it's painful after a week spent trying to drink a river dry...

however, people COULD take a whack at "the cinderella story" challenge that's out there....

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 19 May 00 - 09:15 AM

...."up to their armpits in BREAST threads."

Calls up a fascinating image!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Spider Tom
Date: 19 May 00 - 08:14 AM

Aine I wasn't aiming my sabre at you,goodness no,---NO WAY.
It's just .....I noticed the thread was...........slipping you do well to chase us around this place as it is,
Thankyou.
Spider Tom

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 19 May 00 - 07:57 AM

I apologize for not awarding you all your more than well earned cow chips. "Reality" has really bitten hard this week; but, hopefully, today will be better and I will have enough time this afternoon to post the awards.

Never fear -- the Bookeeper's still here!!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Homeless
Date: 19 May 00 - 07:34 AM

Dave (and Áine and anyone else who might be interested) - You can also just enter 'ine' when it asks you to enter the Codename. Click the Go button and it will present you with a list of people who's names contain 'ine'. Áine is very near the top.

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Spider Tom
Date: 19 May 00 - 07:19 AM

What Is going on?
I repeat, WHAT IS GOING ON?

Here we all are working our quills, till they're wobbly, and what thanks do we get?

Sweet Fanny Addams, thats what, just blind ignorance.

EVEN us the challengers have stopped their chatter.
Aine, please forgive me, you put in so much time and effort to this challenge and what assistance do you get, you would think at the very least SOMEBODY could just drop a line to move the challenge up a notch, but NO!
I found this challenge, poor No.27, broken and in tears, asking why nobody cares.,br> How could I explain that the common people(I use the term with caution)are still out there but are up to their armpits in BREAST threads.
SHAME MUDCATTERS! SHAME!
Or perhaps it's just the thought of all that bourbon going to waste that has driven them away.
And new challengers, where are you?
COME ON, HAVE A GO!,br> I am back off to the brest threads now Bye Bye.

Spider Tom,Hanging by a thread.

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Amergin
Date: 17 May 00 - 01:19 AM

Well, boys and girls, here's my very feeble attempt.

Burning of the Still

Way down in Lawrenceburg
There was whiskey still
That caught afire late one night
My ghost haunts there still
My ghost haunts there still

It burnt down a warehouse
Where all the whiskey kegs lay
The firemen they tried their best
But the booze they could not save
But the booze they could not save

The fire it crawled through the walls
And lit up the nearby town
But at the dawning of the day
The warehouse it was down
The warehouse it was down

20,000 barrels went up
In those glorious flames
Reaching higher into the sky
Playing their fiery games
Playing their fiery games

I stood beside the Kentucky River
Watching the whiskey flow
Down into the great water wide
Into the swirling depths below
Into the swirling depths below

I jumped on down the soggy bank
Down into the freezing cold
Feeling the whiskey burn in me
Twas a wondrous sight to behold
Twas a wondrous sight to behold

I was swimming around all drunkenly
A-staggering with the tide
When my leaden body began to sink
With the pain that stabbed my side
With the pain that stabbed my side

Down I sank into the rushing depths
To the swimming rocks below
Water and whiskey filled my lungs
It was such a happy way to go
It was such a happy way to go

So now I still stand upon the bank
Watching the fires lick the sky
As the warehouse burns to the ground
That night the whiskey died
That night the whiskey died

Amergin

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 May 00 - 09:24 PM

Push that Alt Gr button at the same time as a letter and it brings up that accent.

Shame on you all,
for you treat with such levity
a tragic event of such terrible gravity.
Think of the whiskey
all blazing and bursting
drowned in the water,
and the poor firemen thirsting.
I sweat at the thought of it,
man, it's disturbin'- there's just one consolation -
at least it was Bourbon...

(more or less Father O'Flynn)

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Amergin
Date: 16 May 00 - 09:00 PM

Oh, did I forget to mention that you never want to listen to me?

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 16 May 00 - 07:55 PM

Dave - Don't post it here!! Everyone will know in advance and I've got a couple of other folks' challenges to do first. As for sending me a personal message, just copy my name from something I've posted (that includes the accent over the 'A' - you've got to have that to get it to me), then paste it in the 'To' part of the message you're sending to me. If that doesn't work, then please email me at [e-mail].

Can't wait to see your challenge!!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Amergin
Date: 16 May 00 - 07:44 PM

Wonderful songs, everyone!! Doesterr, I don't know much about how things are done around here, but I'm sure there is no specific procedure for suggestion challenges to Aine. Why don't you just go ahead and post it?

Amergin

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 16 May 00 - 05:38 PM

Oh, Our Lady of the Song Challenges:

I have a POSSIBLE challenge subject, and was going to send it to you by personal message. However, all I get is your name with and Inactive label on it. Perhaps this is because I am searching without the accent over the A, which I don't know how to enter.

Where do I go from here? (Oh, I know, lots of people tell me to go there, but I mean procedurally.)

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: SINSULL
Date: 16 May 00 - 01:50 PM

K is for the kegs reduced to soot...

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: SINSULL
Date: 16 May 00 - 01:43 PM

Dedicated to the men and women of Lawrenceburg whose Mother's Day was ruined either by the catastrophic conflagration or the drunken aftermath.

T is for the toilets set ablazing
U is for my ulcerating gut
R is for the roaring river basin
K is for he kegs reduced to soot
E is for my everlasting horror
Y is for lost years of bourbon store
Put them all together they spell TURKEY
The Phoenix that will rise once more

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 16 May 00 - 11:06 AM

Wonder if they will name the next batch "Flaming Wild Turkey" ...Yours, Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 16 May 00 - 10:56 AM

Dear Spider Tom,

A song from you is always worth waiting for! Brilliant, simply brilliant!!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: MMario
Date: 16 May 00 - 10:33 AM

Spider Tom,. that one had better have a tune! It's a definate keeper!

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Spider Tom
Date: 16 May 00 - 09:50 AM

Hello Aine,,br> As I have been to a festival this challenge nearly got away from me, please excuse my lateness, but at least I made it here.
Hello fellow challengers, I see you were all fired up for this one.
Spider Tom.

BURNING BOURBON.

The station bells were ringing,
The firemen were singing,
As quickly they were flinging,
Their helmits and their hose,
And they wondered at the chances,
As the fiery flame advances,
Can you put out burning Bourbon,
With a common fire hose?
Can you fight a bourbon fire,
With a common fire hose?

The building was fast burning,
And the stills were hissing, spitting,
And the oak kegs they were splitting,
And they fed the hungry flame,
And the firemen were learning,
That when Bourbon is a'burning,
You be foolish, if you get too close,
But they fought it all the same.
And the Bourbon was Kentucky,
Wild Turkey was its name.

And burnt grog filled the river,
And the fish were going loopy,
Swimming in the soupy,
Sludgy, mirky water way,
And the fire never tired,
Took its time to be expired,
And the fighters were exausted,
Covered in the ash and spray.
You can never throw the towel in,
They can't turn and walk away.

Battered, beat and tired,
The flame was now, retired,
Though, fire sits and waits its chance,
To bite, another day,
And they had to close the river,,br> The small towns water giver,
Cause it needed proper cleaning,
That's what they did say,
A rest time so the Alcohol,
Had time to float away.

From Seattle to Nantucket,
Folk were heading there with buckets,
In the only known, Bourbon rush,
On record to this day,,br> They had sherrifs at the border,
And fighting over water,
As they frenzied, fire waters,
Were drunk or swilled away.,br> It's amazing what a man will do,
To carry Drink away.

But it's rumoured, the real winners,
Were the fire fighters,
Having emptied all their water tanks,
Hoseing out the fire,
It was whispered that they left the scene,
With full tanks on their truck,
Cause they knew just, how to,
Switch from squirt, to suck.
What would we do, me or you?,
Switch from squirt to suck.

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Bradypus
Date: 13 May 00 - 01:40 PM

Nice one, Greatgoo - I could sing along to that!

Bradypus

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 13 May 00 - 11:12 AM

GreatGoo -- I echo the sentiments of MMario and Dave(tam)! Well done -- and don't forget that you can revise and/or add to your song at any time. I'd love to see a couple more verses. And I'm tickled pink to know you'll be coming back for another Challenge! in the future.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 13 May 00 - 09:40 AM

Greatgoo. Great job! Yours, Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: MMario
Date: 13 May 00 - 09:35 AM

oh greatgoo, if that is an example of what you can do when tired and distracted...can't wait to see more!

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: GreatGoo
Date: 13 May 00 - 02:07 AM

Well, I been busy doing WEB pages ... I hate doing WEB pages, but every now and then it just seems to roll my way and I find all my creativity being eaten up by never ending sentences of HTML/XML and little blinking graphics like fireflys on some blinking monitor

My apologies, sing this to "The Times They are a Changin"

Come gather round people
And hear of the shame
The distillery's burnin
The rivers aflame
The woods are afire
An bourbon's to blame
The casks are exploding and blazing
For the spirits of grain
Have escaped, one and all
And the warehouse it is a razing


Come fireman an drunkard
Come hear the call
Don't use up the water
Go piss on the wall
For the time it has come
To help, one and all
The fish are all drunk it's amazing
The water plant's closed
Cause the whiskey's mixed in
And the warehouse it is a razing


One more page and I will be done. I will do better on the challenge next time.
GreatGoo

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Mbo
Date: 13 May 00 - 12:39 AM

Hey Evie! The lyrics are in the Mudcat Cafe's own Digital Tradition Song database! Right here! Enjoy!

--Mbo (Thanks Dave!)

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 13 May 00 - 12:34 AM

Guest Evie: the song is called "THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS" and if you go to this link you will get the complete lyrics..

Yours, Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: GUEST,Evie
Date: 13 May 00 - 12:11 AM

Anyone out there know the rest of this song?

In 1814 we took a little trip, Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip' We took a little bacon and we took a little beans, And we fought the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.

We Fired our guns but the British kept a comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago. We fired once more and they began a runnin' from down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

If you know the rest of this song and title please respond.

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 12 May 00 - 06:33 PM

Dear Bradypus,

Now that's definitely Blue Fume Shield worthy! Well done!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Bradypus
Date: 12 May 00 - 06:18 PM

Bradypus sings the Blues!

I've never written a Blues before. I read the thread on'What is the Blues', and it sounded as if I wasn't qualified to attempt this feat. Mbo found the words of 'Poppa Sings the Blues' for me, so I've used that as a template. Does this come anywhere close ?

Wild Turkey Blues

There's a fire in Lawrenceburg
And the flames are reaching high into the sky
There's a fire in Lawrenceburg
And the flames are reaching high into the sky
When I heard about that fire
It made me feel so sad that I could cry

The distillery's on fire
The whiskey's going up in flames and smoke
The distillery's on fire
The whiskey will be lost for this poor bloke
When they hear this on the mudcat
They'll turn it into some poor kind of joke

A thousand casks of bourbon
Exploding like gunfire in the night
Ten thousand gallons of whiskey
Lost forever, and that don't seem right
The fire fighters fought it
Thank God no one was injured in the fight

The whiskey's in the river
And the fish are swimming happy, feeling high
There's bourbon in the water
They've turned off all the taps to keep folks dry
If there was water in the whiskey
That would make us happy, you and I

The Wild Turkey is roasted
Its feathers singed, in ten years it won't fly
I don't like my Turkey flambéed
It leaves the turkey tasting far to dry
But I love the taste of woodsmoke
So I'll switch to Talisker, or else Laphroaig!

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Bradypus
Date: 12 May 00 - 05:33 PM

Dharmabum- what a good story, and an ingenious tune to go with it. Definitely enjoyable.

I was going to do a simple parody on 'Campbelltown Loch' (see this thread, and give thanks to supersearch), but I'll maybe try something a bit different.

Bradypus

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 12 May 00 - 10:26 AM

Dear Roger - Thank you so much for the grand idea! Aren't these guys great? If you feel like adding a little ditty yourself, don't be shy!

And Dharmabum -- Fantastic and unique, my dear! Extremely evocative in a double-entendre sort of way *BG*. Definitely ripe for development into a movie script! ;)

-- Áine

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 12 May 00 - 10:14 AM

(cackles)Hehe he, 'Spaw, it's like shootin' fish in a barrel, just feed these folks an idea an' they fall right in with it and all these goodies come out.
Seriously, folks, great batch of songs, sure to become part of Kentucky folklore. In 2100 'Catters will be arguing whether these are original songs or folk songs and someone will find a link to a Child ballad!
RtS (not a whiskey drinker but understands your pain!)

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: MMario
Date: 12 May 00 - 10:09 AM

great! you worked a baptism in, I wanted to, but couldn't think how...

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Dharmabum
Date: 12 May 00 - 10:04 AM

{Sung loosely to THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN]

THE DAY THE RIVER TURNED TO BOOZE

There is a town in Lawrenceburg,

Way down in Kentucky,

Where the bourbon mill caught fire,

And sent the whiskey flowin free,

It made it's way right through the streets,

Down to the river bed,

Now the old Kentucky river,

Is the Wild Turkey instead.

{chorus}

The day the river turned to booze,

And all the bells were ringin,

Today the bourbon's runnin loose,

And all the people are singin,

Na-na na na na na-na na na na-na na na na na.

Downstream there's a little Baptist church,

Run by the Reverend West,

And he's standin in the river,

Way up to his chest,

He's doin his Baptismal thing,

To old Flora Clementine,

When she jumps up & grabs him,

Say's "Come in the water's fine",

{chorus}

Now Clementine's a hefty gal,

And the Reverand she did take'em,

Said "Let this river wash away our sins"

"As fast as we can make'em",

The congregation all joined in,

As the river was a greetin,

Now instead of goin to the church,

They all joined an A.A. meetin,

{chorus}

Now Monday mornin's laundry day,

For ol' Granny McCrey,

And she does it by the river,

The good old fashioned way,

First she does her dresses,

Then her underwear & socks,

Says "It gives a whole new meanin",

"To doin laundry on the rocks".

{chorus}

So if you're headed to the Bluegrass state,

Be carefull where you're swimmin,

There's a tributary way down there,

That's full of wild wimmen,

And the men have become heathens,

No one's feelin any shame,

The river's called Kentucky,

But Wild Turkey's now it's name.

{ch} The day the river turned to booze,

And all the bells were ringin,

Today the bourbon's runnin loose,

And all the people are singin,

Na-Na na majaladabakajatararaxazasafaxayahabaukajhnagy.

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 12 May 00 - 09:39 AM

Thank ye kindly admiral Aine Ma'am. I just want to raise a smile or two, as well as a jar. Hope you enjoy it as I enjoy all the entries on here. Honoured to be, simply Yours, Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 12 May 00 - 09:02 AM

MMario and Dave(tam),

I'm truly impressed with the pair of you -- flying fish and firemen hosing the crowd into bourbon heaven -- I love it! Wunnerful, wunnerful and wunnerful again!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 12 May 00 - 07:02 AM

To the tune Hills of Connemara. Another one. Yours,(thank God it wasnt Black Bushmills) Aye. Dave

Chorus: Gather up the pots and the old tin cans
The bath, the buckets, the pitchers and the pans
Run like the devil to the Wild Turkey dams
Keep the pumps going Dan and Barney
Verse: Oh the firemen say it is a shame
Save as much as you can, to beat the flame
Dont give up now all the drunks exclaim
Keep those pumps going Dan and Barney

Chorus:

Spray from the hoses glows like golden rain
Flowing down the river, like a golden train
Most of its going in the Lawrenceburg drain
Keep the pumps going Dan and Barney

Chorus:

Swing hoses to the left and swing hoses to the right
The firemen will work throughout the night
Filling your containers with all their might
Keep the pumps going Dan and Barney

Chorus:

With the barrels all burst the Burbon flows
Where it's all going nobody knows
I'll be drinking it till next years snows
In the hills of old Kentucky

Chorus:

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Barbara
Date: 12 May 00 - 01:51 AM

What I want to know is who got more polluted, the river or the people who live there?
And I bet you can just pick your fish off the surface, already marinated.
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 11 May 00 - 10:34 PM

MMario:

That's MMarvelous!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: MMario
Date: 11 May 00 - 09:06 PM

To the tune of "The Pirate Song" (see the DT)

The Wylde Turkey Chanty

There's many a slip, twixt the cup and the lip
when the waters on fire, 'tis risky to sip!
You've heard, I am sure, of fountains of wine
Well, the whole river's running with good old moonshine!

So grab up your buckets, your casks and your kegs
and dip up that whiskey that's going to beg!
So grab up your buckets, your casks and your kegs
and dip up that whiskey that's going to beg!

The fish are all flying, I swear it's the truth!
for the water they're breathing is near ninety proof!
it gives a new meaning, say what you will
that deep and dark waters, they always run "still"

So grab up your buckets, your casks and your kegs
and dip up that whiskey that's going to beg!
So grab up your buckets, your casks and your kegs
and dip up that whiskey that's going to beg!

There's many a song and tale that is told
of adventures on rivers in days that are old
The ohio, missouri and mississippi
Can't hold a candle to the Wylde Turkey

So grab up your buckets, your casks and your kegs
and dip up that whiskey that's going to beg!
So grab up your buckets, your casks and your kegs
and dip up that whiskey that's going to beg!

they say it's unsafe, and we should not drink
I'm sure that's exactly what they want us to think
But for a while, we can dip up for free
The Kentucky Bourbon usually sold for a fee!

So grab up your buckets, your casks and your kegs
and dip up that whiskey that's going to beg!
So grab up your buckets, your casks and your kegs
and dip up that whiskey that's going to beg!