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Tune Req: Four Wet Pigs (Greg Brown)

29 Jun 99 - 11:16 PM (#90897)
Subject: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: GutBucketeer

Several months ago at a jam/song circle someone brought the chords and lyrics to Four Wet Pigs by Greg Brown. I really enjoyed the song but don't have the music for it, and don't have the recording. I think it would be a great camp song. Does anyone know if it has been published someplace, or where a Midi for it exists?

Thanks

Jim in Silver Spring

29 Jun 99 - 11:45 PM (#90903)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: Bill D

Jim...give me a call..*grin*...I am in Wheaton...I play it on the Autoharp, and can sing it over the phone....(not much of a 'tune').....I got it from Brian Bowers somehow...

or email at extree@erols.com

29 Jun 99 - 11:54 PM (#90907)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: Bill D

(oh..one of the first times I ever did it was at the Getaway about 7-8 years ago..there was a sign-up sheet for inpromteau workshops, and Mark Gilston said he'd ALWAYS wanted to do "Songs of Dismemberment"! so we did...I sang "4 Wet Pigs" and "Lucy Wan")

30 Jun 99 - 07:32 AM (#90974)
Subject: Lyr Add: FOUR WET PIGS (Greg Brown)^^^
From: Tony Burns

The tune is simple enough that I figured it out on the mandolin.

In case someone needs the words, here they are.

FOUR WET PIGS
(Greg Brown)

Here's a little song about four wet pigs
Here's a little song about four wet pigs
Two of them little and two of them big
Danced all night to the pig town jig

Two little pigs were just half grown
Two little pigs were big as a barn
Big as a barn, tall as a tree
Send 'em off to the factory

Slice 'em into bacon, cut 'em into ham
Squeeze 'em into sausage, grind 'em into SPAM
Throw their little eyes out in the rain
Pickle their feet and scramble their brains

Here's a little song about two wet pigs
Leanin' on the hog trough smokin' their cigs
Prayin' to God that they don't get big
Danced all night to the pig town jig
^^^

01 Jul 99 - 01:11 PM (#91400)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: GutBucketeer

Thanks Bill: I found a Real Audio of a clip of it. I would like to learn it from you on the Autoharp since that's what I play too. I am hoping to be at the Song Circle Friday night (My first time). Will you be there?

Jim in Silver Spring

01 Jul 99 - 06:03 PM (#91476)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: Bill D

Jim..yep..I plan on it right now..good lord willin' and the creeks don't rise...

01 Jul 99 - 08:44 PM (#91528)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: Sail

Jim, Where did you find the audio? I want to hear it too! Thanks. Penny

02 Jul 99 - 12:10 AM (#91571)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: GutBucketeer

Penny:

I went to CDNOW.com and searched for the song "four wet pigs"

It came up with 3 CDs, Greg Brown's Bath Tub Blues, and Iowa Waltz, and Brian Bowers Home Home On The Road.

If you click on Bath Tub Blues by Brown, or Home Home On The Road by Bowers they each have a Real Audio sample of the song.

Jim B.

13 Apr 01 - 01:16 AM (#439555)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: Gypsy

Anyone have the ABC or dots on this one? Would love to have it. :)

10 Oct 01 - 04:01 PM (#569213)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: MMario

still looking for midi or abc ora scan of the dots of this. it is one of our "missing tunes"

10 Oct 01 - 05:51 PM (#569296)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???^^
From: IvanB

MIDI file: 4WETPIGS.MID

Timebase: 192

Name: Four Wet Pigs
Text: Generated by NoteWorthy Composer
Tempo: 148 (405405 microsec/crotchet)
Key: G
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Key: G
Start
0000 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 69 110 0256 0 69 000 0032 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0336 0 71 000 0048 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 71 110 0336 0 71 000 0048 1 66 110 0094 0 66 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0094 0 71 000 0002 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0256 0 67 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the latest version of MIDItext and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:Four Wet Pigs
M:4/4
Q:1/4=148
K:G
DB2BBcBB|-BB2A2A3|DA2AAB2A|-AG2AAB3|-BE2GGG3|
-GD2DDB3|-BFAA2B2A|BA2G2G11/4||



NWC file will be sent to Joe, Midi to Alan.^^

11 Oct 01 - 08:21 AM (#569649)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: MMario

Thanks Ivan! I'll take it off "the list"

11 Oct 01 - 04:28 PM (#570023)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: InOBU

When I saw this thread, I thought to my self, it has to go like this...
What have I now, said the fine old woman
What Have I now, this proud old woman did say
I have four wet pigs,
Each of them a county
but one poor pig
A stranger bore him away
But, my other three
Are good as good can be
and my fourth wet pig...
will be back in the fold one day...
Now I expect to be flamed by both republican and loyalist breatherin, but well, I'm just sitting here eating ham, draw what ever analogies you would.
Cheers Larry

12 Oct 01 - 01:06 AM (#570270)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: Andrew S

I know that someone already mentioned the version by Bryan Bowers. But, if you play the autoharp, you should have every one of Bryan's cds anyway. This guy is simply the best autoharp player ever, a virtuoso.

12 Oct 01 - 11:50 AM (#570535)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: Bill D

but, a good pig like that, Larry, you don't want to eat all at once....*grin* (another arcane joke reference)

13 Oct 01 - 09:22 AM (#571167)
Subject: RE: Four Wet Pigs: Midi or Music ???
From: InOBU

Oh Bill! I know that joke, told to me by a Dane, takes a viking to come up with a joke that sick! Pigs with wooden legs indeed! - Larry