Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies (Steve Last)

Subject: Lyr Add: HILARY'S PIGGIES (Steve Last)
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 09:30 AM

A new Catter has joined the ranks!

Welcome 'Singing Referee' who looks like he will cause much hilarity & embarrasment for us all. He described the song below as one with a short shelf life & is possibly only of interest to us and a few other locals, but I just had to share this with you.

His own introduction & the lyrics follow:

A couple of weeks ago a few of us from the St Albans Folk Club were holding an informal chorus session at the Blue Anchor in St Albans. During a break in proceedings one of our number, Hilary, re-entered the bar in a state of some consternation, having visited the ladies room. (No, I said CONSTERNATION!) Apparently she had glanced in the mirror, (as you do) and had noticed that the earrings she was wearing, a pair of miniature pigs suspended on long stems, were facing in the wrong direction and had been presenting their backsides to the assembled gathering during the evening thus far. Hilary's greatest concern appeared to be that we, her so called friends, had failed to point out this situation and had left her unknowingly in this state of disrepair until she had noticed it herself. I was so moved by her utter dismay that I was inspired to write this song…...

HILARY'S PIGGIES
(Steve Last)

Oh, your pigs were facing backwards when they should have faced the front.
You must have dressed too carelessly, if I could be so blunt.
When you went to the ladies room and looked into the glass,
Instead of their sweet faces, all that you could see was ar….

They were dangling from your earlobes on such long and slender poles.
You must have got them twisted when the hooks went in the holes,
Or maybe when they heard us sing your piggies they took fright,
And turned their backs to save their ears from such an awful plight.

And how you may think the likes of this is of such small import,
But to this lady folk singer it's nothing of the sort.
For the piggies lead her choruses, and posterior alignment
Might result in harmonies that lack her usual refinement.

Now the moral of this story is so plain for all to see,
When wearing fancy jewellery you must dress most carefully.
For your friends can't be relied on to point out your indiscretion,
Just to cause you great embarrassment at your next folk club session.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: MMario
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 09:47 AM

I don't know - I think with the proper introduction this could have a life...

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Singing Referee
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 09:47 AM

Thanks,

But now I feel challenged to make sure that this is not my final mark on folk music posterior. Sorry posterity.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 09:50 AM

And we expect more from you Singing Referee!!

MMario: Of course the name could be changed to suit. And if there was a Catter making Piggy Earrings this could be a whole new Marketing ploy :-)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Áine
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 10:45 AM

Welcome, welcome, welcome, Singing Referee! It's always nice to see another talented (yet bent) person join the ranks of the Mudcats!

Could I please place your song in the Mudcat Songbook; a very special place of respect and repose for hundreds of other great original songs by your fellow 'Cats? And if you have a tune in mind that 'Hilary's Piggies' could be sung to, what would it be?

Again, beaucoups bien venieus to ya for joining all us other creek critters!

All the best, Áine

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 10:57 AM

Hi Aine (sorry can't find that bit on the top of the A),
Steve sent me his tune on a midi - is that any use? I'm not the most technical person in the world, but I could email that to you!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: MMario
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 10:58 AM

e-mail to me or Joe and we can put it onto the mudcat midi page and link back to this thread.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: wysiwyg
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 10:59 AM

I think this calls for a craft effort from someone... pigs that are all backsides, from either view. Yeah!

~S~

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 11:07 AM

Sorry, can't find email addys, please pm me, will send midi !!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 11:16 AM

OK - tune on midi hopefully sent to MMario. What a grand entrance for a new Catter, thanks for your interest everyone, I bet 'Singing Referee' is chuffed :-)

Definitely need handcrafted piggy earrings - perhaps we should put a photo up of them aswell!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Singing Referee
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 11:21 AM

Can't believe it!

Thanks everyone.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: MMario
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 11:31 AM

X:1
T:hilarys piggies
Q:1/4=80
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
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w:Oh, your pigs were fac-ing back-wards when they should have faced the front.You
AG F3/2A/2 G3/2F/2 E3/2G/2|F3/2E/2 D3/2 C G3G/2|A3/2G/2 FA GF EG|
w: must have dressed too care-less-ly, if I could be so blunt.When you went to the lad-ies room and
FE D3/2C/2 C3/2 B,A,3/2|G,/2A,3/2 B,/2 C DEF G3/2|
w:looked in-to the glass,In-stead of their sweet fac-es, all that you
F/2E3/2 D/2(C3/2 B, C3-)|C4z4
w:could see was ar…___.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Áine
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 11:58 AM

Dear Singing Referee,

Your song is now part of the great tome (a/k/a The Mudcat Songbook)! Click here for the official announcement. ;-) Congratulations!!

For future reference (and I do hope that you'll be contributing more songs), if you want to post other songs, you can post them in the above thread, or, you can send them to me via email ([e-mail]).

Well done, Áine

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 12:53 PM

This is Fantastic! The Singing Referee has only recently found music again after many years & I'm sure will produce many more songs in the future, thanks to your encouragement. Isn't it lovely to see a talent blossom :-)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 12:56 PM

Susan, you wanted a pig that was the backsides from either view? Okay.....how about Rush Limbaugh?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: wysiwyg
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 06:32 PM

EARRINGS, Pat, EARRINGS. Does it look like my ears hang THAT low?????

~S~

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: breezy
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 07:04 PM

arse to front
its all happening in St Albans
This Friday 14th March at the Comfort Hotel an evening in aid of M.S.
Hill's Pigs will be gigging.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Julie B
Date: 11 Mar 03 - 06:10 AM

...I am so glad that I made it down the M1 to St Albans from Milton Keynes on Friday and caught the first performance of "Hilary's Piggies"!!!

Julie B

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Julie B
Date: 11 Mar 03 - 06:13 AM

...oh and Mike Blair was, as ever, excellent too!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Genie
Date: 11 Mar 03 - 12:19 PM

That song is a real snort, Ref! Welcome to the 'Cat!

Genie

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: breezy
Date: 11 Mar 03 - 03:04 PM

And Julie B's rendition of Danny Boy cannot pass without me saying how refreshing to hear it performed so well.
And a no messing about approach too, thanks.
You are a good singer Julie and if you come again you can have a longer spot.
PM me if you see your way clear to paying us another visit.


J

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 12 Mar 03 - 08:18 AM

Makes me glad I wear squid dangling from my ears (and they dangles from their headses so their bottomses is pointed down, derry, down).

Linn

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: MMario
Date: 20 Mar 03 - 01:19 PM

midi added to Mudcat Midi Page

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: My guru always said
Date: 20 Mar 03 - 01:29 PM

Oh thanks MMario, you're a gem!!!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: breezy
Date: 20 Mar 03 - 03:09 PM

What will its composer have for us tomorrow at the Comfort when Leon Rosselson is the guest and Paul Scourfield playing us in as we arrive.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Harry Basnett
Date: 20 Mar 03 - 06:22 PM

Will Hilary be wearing her piggies at the Open Door this weekend?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: My guru always said
Date: 21 Mar 03 - 03:21 AM

You've got sharp eye's Harry - I'll try to remember them!!!! Fraid I couldn't sing THIS song though :-)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Singing Referee
Date: 21 Mar 03 - 03:59 AM

I do have a new one, penned this week. Very different from 'Piggies'.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: My guru always said
Date: 21 Mar 03 - 04:10 AM

Excellent news 'Ref' - wonder if Breezy has a space for you tonight at the Leon gig in St Albans? I don't think I'll get a song in tonight :-( Should be an excellent evening though!!!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: breezy
Date: 21 Mar 03 - 10:43 AM

We'll see
Paul Scourfield will be playing his melodeon straight from his gig at the Festival hall as welcoming music and at the interval.
He'll get to do a song after the interval
So Josie has to get his raffle money quick.
Tonights resident singers are George Papavgeris, Hilary Ward and Steve Last.
Unsure bout breezy and Sues playing in Whitby
Piers is the MC
Leon is due to go on on at 9.00 - 9.40 and again 10.30- 11.15
Interval 9'40- 9'55
However we do tend to over-run a bit

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: Áine
Date: 21 Mar 03 - 11:17 AM

Hey Ref,

Don't forget to post your new song, so I can add it to the Songbook!

Have fun tonight!

All the best, Áine

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hilary's Piggies - by new Catter
From: breezy
Date: 21 Mar 03 - 12:02 PM

we are the club that put the 'fun' into folk.