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Hello, Here is a poem about the shambles which is being made of the current foot & mouth outbreak. The straight link between this outbreak and the BSE outbreak and the Salmonella outbreak is MAFF. Also available as a song at:h http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1455/1455689.html |
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FFoot & Mouth - Pie in the Sky by Charlotte Peters-Rock
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They're turning our pigs into pie in the sky They're piling lives high - selling cheap The cattle are lowering price as they fry Mint sauce is too late for the sheep And nobody cares to insist that they stop Each farmer is hunted alone Soon meat from the world will be sold in each shop Of British Meat - never a bone We joined the EC and it said that no more could slaughter-house sizes be small So we shut em all down - now we cannot ignore Great Britain's one great slaughter-hall The Ministry men clad in wellies and white are killing both broadly and ill The army has got all our lambs in it's sight And bleating won't stop the next kill They're bawling 'disease-free' from pre-fabs at MAFF Well what do they think we have got If this is disease-free it sounds such a laugh When the Dutch vaccinate on the spot They're putting out rugs disinfectant and soap They're leaving each carcase to lie Then dragging it round the whole country in hope disease will disperse bye and bye In Cheshire - a dairying county of note Dead-waggons have feet sticking out As shot cows insist on their last rite - to vote an spread the disease without doubt Collect all your tickets for pie in the sky Don't stop to reflect on just why You're eating MAFF Pie as the animals die Just eat up your pie in the sky The barbeque smoke's spreading high in the air An tourism's dead as a cow As country folk tremble and grieve and despair Ah Stop this stupidity now There's bonfires burning to east an to west There's farm children's tears in the night To north and to south - yes they're truly obsessed Just sack MAFF - It's not very bright You'd think Foot & Mouth was The Black Death again instead of a mild-ish disease blown out of proportion by Ministry men to bring farming folk to their knees They're turning our pigs into pie in the sky They're piling lives high - selling cheap The cattle are lowering price as they fry Mint sauce is too late for the sheep!
Copyright 2001 Charlotte Peters Rock
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