Song Challenge! Part 27

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Amos
Date: 11 May 00 - 08:19 PM

Sounds like a gathering in high spirits!

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 11 May 00 - 08:06 PM

Hymn for the day: "Shall we gather at the river?"

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Mbo
Date: 11 May 00 - 07:44 PM

YEAH!!! Good one Dave! Notch another great one up to the Ancient Mariner! BTW thanks for the compliments Amos & Aine...you're too kind, really.

--Mbo

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 11 May 00 - 07:41 PM

To the song "Wild Horses" by Jagger and Richards but sung to Melanie Safka's arrangement... "WILD TURKEY" Yours,Aye.

Lawrenceburgs burning, it isnt hard to see
All that Burbon burning, they showed it to me
Busted barrels, I know it's a shame
Down the river flowing, firemen put out that flame

Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild Turkey
Firemen drag me away
Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild Turkey
I'm gonna drink more someday
I'm gonna drink more someday

You know I tried swimming, in the river that day
Tried to drink a barrel full, till firemen pulled me away
A thousand barrels broken, many tears have been cried
Burning in the forest, I felt like I died

Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild Turkey
Firemen dragged me away Gonna drink more someday
Gonna drink more someday

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Amos
Date: 11 May 00 - 07:11 PM

I think Mbo's taking inspirational lessons from Áine on the side. They are both turning into stellar talents before our very eyes -- just better and better. Like skyrockets!

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Amos
Date: 11 May 00 - 07:10 PM

I think Mbo's taking inspirational lessons from Áine on the side. They are both turning into stellat talents before our very eyes -- just better and better. Like skyrockets!

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 11 May 00 - 06:51 PM

Oh dear Mbo -- That one deserves a great big sloppy ole kiss, so here ya go ... MMMMMmmmmmmWWWWWWwwwwwwAAAAAAaaaaa!

I love it!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Mbo
Date: 11 May 00 - 06:43 PM

Kentucky River Side

Well the Lawrenceburg firemen got a call one night
A frantic voice was screaming 'bout a terrible sight
An inferno at the warehouse in the center of town
And if they didn't get there fast, the whole place would burn down!

When they got there flames were lightin' the sky
And had swallowed up the warehouse seven stories high
But what the general public had found the most disturbin'
Was that the warehouse was a storage place for Wild Turkey Bourbon!!

The flames were raging higher and hotter by the minute
And gettin' closer to the barrels with the Bourbon in it
Suddenly the firemen's ears were filled with warlike commotion
Each barrel blowing up like the Siberian Explosion!

Oh cruel and remorseless was that bourbon's fate
To explode in a sound heard clear across the State
And instead of wreaking havoc on some poor person's liver
It all seeped out into the big Kentucky river!

Down by the river side
Down by the river side
Down by the river side
The tide is boiling booze
Down by the river side
Down by the river side
Down by the river side
Hey, if you snooze, you lose!

The firemen put out the blaze at long last, I'm told
While the river burned like liquid gold
Every Mom and Dad were out in boats, with every son and daughter
Tryin' to get a taste of that sweet fire water

Well the mayor was afraid of a big contamination
So he shut down the town's only water-treament station
You couldn't even use the water to wash your dirty cars
But them spigots got more workout than the local bars!

Down by the river side
Down by the river side
Down by the river side
The tide is boiling booze
Down by the river side
Down by the river side
Down by the river side
Hey, if you snooze, you lose!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 May 00 - 05:07 PM

A bottle of bourbon to the winner? I know - not a contest. I am really impressed that you took time out on your birthday to offer this! Happy Day, Aine.

Subject: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27
From: Áine
Date: 11 May 00 - 12:34 PM

By popular demand, this Challenge! is from Roger the Skiffler, who posted this message on this thread. It kind of gives a new meaning to the phrase "Come on in, the water's fine!" -- Áine

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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like...
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 10-May-00 - 10:51 AM

Here's the details, 'Spaw. Read'em and weep. (from BBC News online)"Water contaminated": love that, most drinkers would have said "bourbon contaminated!")

Wednesday, 10 May, 2000, 09:00 GMT 10:00 UK Bourbon fire in Kentucky -- The fire consumed a seven-storey warehouse A distillery blaze fuelled by thousands of gallons of whiskey has destroyed a warehouse and threatened water supplies in central Kentucky.

A spokesman for the Wild Turkey whiskey company said thousands of bourbon casks had been exploding like gunfire at the peak of the blaze in a seven-storey warehouse near the town of Lawrenceburg.

No one was seriously injured, although two firefighters were overcome by fumes and heat. An investigation has started into the cause of the fire.

Water contaminated -- The authorities shut down a local water treatment plant after a large amount of burning bourbon mixed with water from fire hoses flowed into the Kentucky River.

Lawrenceburg officials ordered unnecessary water usage in restaurants and car washes to be halted temporarily.

The burning alcohol also set fire to woods behind the water treatment plant.

The warehouse was one of 12 at the plant. Company officials said each facility contained 15,000-20,000 barrels filled with bourbon.

The distillery - the only one where the famous Wild Turkey brand is made - is still operating. The company spokesman said supplies of the bourbon would not be affected. He said the whiskey in the destroyed warehouse would not have been ready for drinking for another 10 years.

Wild Turkey is owned by the French spirits conglomerate Pernod-Ricard SA.
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Go for it, Challenge!rs!!!