I cannot draw a perfect pig
     But what is that to me?
Imperfect pigs do just as well
     Since Pigs is Pigs, you see.

Pigs is Pigs in China
     And Pigs is Pigs in Cork
But Pigs Ain't Pigs in frying pans
     Because there Pigs is Pork.

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First published at the end of a story called "Pigs is Pigs" in American Magazine, September, 1905

Text Authorship:

• by Ellis Parker Butler , no title [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Pigs is Pigs", 2009 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-07
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Word count: 47