The Good Guys and Their Guns

JPFO ^ | 5 July, 2014 | Claire Wolfe

[marktwain]

Courtesy KFSN-TV

They swaggered through the jewelry store.
They thought they'd have some fun.
They'd seen cool gangstas on YouTube.
Like those, they had a gun.

But then they nearly peed their pants
'Cause the owner of the store
Emerged with loaded 12-gage.*
They went racing for the door.

Run, you cowards, run!
'Cause you're no match
you're no match
For a grandpa with a gun!

The burglarly looked easy.
The family was asleep.
So Lance thought he could have his way
And fill his pockets deep.

But Dad, he grabbed a .45
And Sonny a shotgun
While mom and frightened burglar
They both dialed 911!

Run, you coward, run!
'Cause you're no match
you're no match
For a Texan and his son!

Six more stanzas at this link

[marktwain]

There must be a freeper who could put this to music and create an audio file. It would be great, and I doubt that Claire would mind.

[M Kehoe]

Claire, I believe it's time.

5.56mm

[Enterprise]

If anyone could put this to music, it would be dougfromupland.

[Georgia Girl 2]

This would be a good song for Toby Keith.

[Enterprise]

Agreed!

[doug from upland]

Here is a start:

MIDI - http://www.contemplator.com/america/battle.html

They swaggered through the jewelry store
And thought they’d have some fun
They had seen the YouTube gangstas
And like those, they had a gun
But they peed themelves
And easy money plans were soon undone
They got away with none
Run, you cowards, run away now
Run you cowards, run away now
It just hasn’t been your day now
‘Cause grandpa’s got a gun

[marktwain]

I like it. How about using “The Battle of New Orleans” as a base?

[doug from upland]

Unfortunately, I have no time to work on it. These are very busy days and not much time for this stuff.

Here is a BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS from the past. Patrick Knowlton was there about the time Vince’s body was dumped in the park.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1669476/posts

[marktwain]

I hear you, brother. I am doing all I can just to keep blogging. Maybe I can approach some talented church members...

I could see this set to music, with images from the news and headlines in an associated slideshow on YouTube...

I think it would be a hit.