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"The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1933 |
Songwriter(s) | Benjamin Hapgood Burt |
Composer(s) | F. W. Bowers |
"The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away" is a 1933 temperance-themed song with music by F. W. Bowers and lyrics by Benjamin Hapgood Burt.
The song has been recorded by a number of artists including Frank Crumit (1934), Johnny Bond (1966), Jim Croce (1975), Sam Hinton, Rudy Vallée, Harry Belafonte, Clinton Ford and Acker Bilk. [1]
It was also sung by Fozzie Bear in episode 209 of The Muppet Show.[ citation needed ]
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