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Hogs Ate 'Em

from NIHOWDY! by The Mountain High

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This is possibly the only time Chris got the lyrics right to this one. His students were horrified when they translated the words into Chinese. In China, filial piety is the cardinal virtue and one should not joke about these sorts of things.

This track was intended to horrify audiences, but Chris was vetoed from using footage from Hannibal of hogs eating a man to death behind the band during performances.

lyrics

He Went To Sleep And The Hogs Ate Him
懒lǎn 父fù 之zhī 死sǐ

Translated by Sun Siyu

译者：孙思宇
cho: Oh! he went to sleep and the hogs eat 'im

哦ò ！ 他tā 睡shuì 觉jiào 时shí 野yě 猪zhū 吃chī 了le 他tā
Hogs eat 'im, Hogs eat 'im

吃chī 了le 他tā ， 吃chī 了le 他tā
He went to sleep and the hogs eat 'im

他tā 睡shuì 觉jiào 时shí 野yě 猪zhū 吃chī 了le 他tā
Now pa's gone forever

现xiàn 在zài 他tā 不bù 在zài 了le
Forever, Forever, Forever, Forever

不bù在zài了le，不bù在zài了le，不bù在zài了le，不bù在zài了le
Now pa's gone forever.
现xiàn 在zài 他tā 不bù 在zài 了le
He never worked a day in his life

他tā 终zhōng 日rì 碌lù 碌lù 无wú 为wéi
Left that for his lovin' wife

万wàn 事shì 妻qī 子zi 亲qīn 力lì 亲qīn 为wéi
The way my paw did it was a shame

老lǎo 爹diē 的de 做zuò 法fǎ 让ràng 人rén 惭cán 愧kuì
At harvest time he'd stay in the shade

收shōu 割gē 时shí 在zài 树shù 荫yīn 下xià
Find a spot and down he laid

提tí 壶hú 茶chá ， 就jiù 躺tǎng 下xià
But we all loved 'im just the same.

但dàn 我wǒ 们men 还hái 是shì 一yí 样yàng 爱ài 他tā

He loved to spin big tall yarns

他tā 喜xǐ 欢huan 吹chuī 牛niú 皮pí
Pa would tell 'em from dusk to dawn

他tā 从cóng 早zǎo 说shuō 到dào 晚wǎn
He would only stop awhile to eat

只zhī 留liú 一yì 点diǎn 时shí 间jiān 吃chī 饭fàn
About that civil war he'd tell

他tā 内nèi 战zhàn 的de 英yīng 雄xióng 事shì 迹jì
Then let out a rebel yell

那nà 让ràng 敌dí 人rén 却què 步bù 的de 呐nà 喊hǎn
Then pa'd get tired and go to sleep.

喊hǎn 累lèi 了le 他tā 就jiù 睡shuì 着zháo 了le



He watched us work from where he set

他tā 坐zuò 着zhe 监jiān 督dū 我wǒ 们men 干gàn 活huó
He watched so hard he'd work up a sweat

竟jìng 然rán 累lèi 得dé 大dà 汗hàn 淋lín 漓lí
At this my pa was hard to beat

这zhè 一yì 点diǎn 老lǎo 爹diē 无wú 人rén 能néng 及jí
He couldn't work, he got too fat

他tā 不bù 工gōng 作zuò ， 他tā 变biàn 太tài 胖pàng
He supervised from where he sat

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Then pa'd get tired and go to sleep.

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from NIHOWDY!, released March 14, 2015

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