Pamme Swan: Swan Songs

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From The Inner Circle!

Hankey’s Thug
Pamme ~ Vocals and Martin Guitar


This is a story bout a squirrel and Mr. Hankey
Mr. Hankey is one real swell bloke
He loves his tube steak Tuesdays and negotiating
And he tells one heck of a joke
Yeah He tells one heck of a joke

Mr. Hankey's real smart he's an entrepreneur
He retired when he was just forty years old
And he came up to these mountains
And he bought the Big Moose Inn
He's gonna turn this Inn into gold
He's gonna turn this Inn into gold

Now down the lake a ways he owns a camp of many Mooses
You walk in an there’s Mooses everywhere
Moose pictures on the wall
Moose Statue's in the hall
An moose music playing in the air
An moose music playing it the air

Now Mr. Bob Hankey is one generous fella
And he gave my folk music a home
An he puts me up in his camp
When the inn is full
I get to sleep in the indian princess room
I get to sleep in the indian princess room

There’s a shelf in Hankey's camp over his kitchen counter
Lined with many cherished moose mugs
An early one morning
I heard a loud crash
An I thought it was some Adirondack Thug
Oh I thought it was some burley Adirondack Thug

Mr. Hankey Sir I said You've got a problem
Your thug knowed his way most certainly
I met him on the porch
As he was climbing up the wall
An he didn't have a good thing to say to me
No Not one good thing did he have to say to me

Mr. Hankey said Pamme Hey you wanna do some shopping
Eagerly I replied thats just what I do best
So I went to Gander Mountain
For a Have a Heart Trap
So poor Hankey could get his beauty rest
So Mr. Hankey could get his beauty rest.

Well it wasn't but two Adirondack mornings later
To the sound of a spray can I awoke
Hankey caught the thug
Who broke his precious mug
He was painting the belly of a squirrel...no joke
He was spray painting the belly of a squirrel no joke

I said Give it up Bob Hankey just what are your doing?
An why did you choose the color black
He said I'm gonna let this vermit go
A good five miles away
I'll know if its him that comes back
Yeah I'll know if its him if he comes back

So I sing you all this song as a fair warning
I'd never tell you all what to do
Use extreme caution
Around Mr. Hankey Mooses
Or Mr. Hankey just might spray paint you
Or Mr. Hankey just might spray paint you
Or Mr. Hankey just might spray paint you!