Pig Latin Breakdown

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PIG LATIN BREAKDOWN

When I was a boy my family used to go
South into the mountains
Twice a year or so
Grandpa had a cabin
That had been restored
Built by the civil conservation corp This is how my folks survived
Five kids on a three hour drive
We played tongue-twisters and games
Like rubber baby buggy bumpers
What's my name?
But the main attraction
In the family fun
Was when daddy babbled
In a foreign tongue
Called it Pig Latin
When he spoke he smiled
Never was a pack of piggies
More beguiled

When he'd say:
Oo-yay etter-bay eep-kay ose-clay
Oo-tay amp-kay or-yay ose-thay
Airs-bay and-yay ountain-may ions-lay
ill-way ollow-sway oo-yay ole-hay
oint-pay or-yay uns-gay oun-day
even-nay ettem-lay uch-tay ound-gray
eak-spay ig-pay attin-lay or-yay
ixnay on-yay or-yay ol-say!

Made about a hundred stops along the way
Stop in Elkins just to hear
The bluegrass play
Stop for fancy candy
When we hit Cool Springs
Coal candy! Maple candy!
Gourmet things
But the favorite stop for sure
Was Mack's game check'n'country store
Jackelope head on the wall
Snake skin, rattle, fang
And grizzly claw
We was scared of Mack
He was a quiet man
Eyes like an alligator
Arms like hams
When he spoke Pig Latin
He'd almost grin
He and daddy loved
To keep us wonderin'

When they'd say: Repeat Chorus - good luck!

Summer at the cabin
Was a paradise
Fishin' and a-swimmin'
In a stream like ice
Daddy said to go down
To the caves and play
Found a composition book
Along the way
Ancient Language, said the spine
Wrote In Prehistoric Times
And inside the pages told
How to crack the secret
Pig Latin code
Reason it was so familiar
But so strange:
It was only english
Slightly rearranged
And when Pig Latin left
My daddy's lips again
Me and all the other piggies
Joined right in.

Join right in:
Repeat Chorus