M.P. Shaudd Poet Lyric

I Pleaded the Fifth

There's a story from Dixon
About some ole drunk
Who came in the courtroom
Drunk as a skunk

When asked by the judge
Sir how do you plea
He pulled out a 5th 
And said this ones on me

Unsure what he meant
The judge threw him in jail
Without that ole bottle
Without chance of bail

When his attorney asked him
Why cause such a rift
He simply stated
I pleaded the fifth

When word of the meaning
Got back to the judge
He released him the same day
It caused such a buzz

All the people in town 
Still chomp at the bit
To tell the story of Barney
And how he pleaded the fifth

Unsure what he meant
The judge threw him in jail
Without that ole bottle
Without chance of bail

When his attorney asked him
Why cause such a rift
He simply stated
I pleaded the fifth

The day Barney died
The judge came to grieve
Said here you go Barney
This ones on me

So if you pass through Dixon
Or just stop for a bit
You'll hear the story of Barney
And how he pleaded the fifth

When the judge found it funny
He chose to acquit 
And old Barney won 
When he pleaded the fifth

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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart December 3, 2017 at 12:42 AM This is awesome :) M.P. Shaudd December 3, 2017 at 12:49 AM Thanks Maureen! One of my more upbeat ones.