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Piggy in the Middle
Piggy in the Middle single
The_Rutles_Piggy_In_the_Middle_(Music_Video)

A-side

Silver Jubilee

Released

24 November 1967

Recorded

5, 6, 27 and 29 September 1967

Genre

Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic pop

Label

Parlourphone (UK)
Capatol (US)

Songwriter(s)

Nasty-McQuickly

Producer(s)

Archie Macaw

Last Single

Love Life (1967)

Next Single

Lady O'Hara (1968)

Piggy in the Middle (also known by the misprinted title I Am the Waitress) was a song on the Tragical History Tour album and film in 1967. It was written by Ron Nasty and credited to Nasty-McQuickly. The song released as a single, backed with "Silver Jubilee", and became a hit. The song was a particular favourite of Nasty's.

Nasty wrote the song to confound listeners who had been affording serious scholarly interpretations of the Rutles' lyrics. He was partly inspired by two tea trips. Compositionally, every musical letter of the alphabet is invoked and every chord is a major or a seventh. Producer Archie Macaw arranged and added orchestral accompaniment that included violins, cellos, horns, and clarinet. Numerous oinking sounds from pigs were recorded and sampled throughout the recording.

The song had a notable music video in the film Tragical History Tour, in which The Rutles wore pig masks and were later shown walking down stairs holding cups of tea.

Lyrics[]

I know you know what you know

But you should know by now that you're not me

Talk about a month of Sundays

Toffee-nosed wet weekend as far as I can see

Yes. Hey, diddle diddle (whooo!)

The cat and the fiddle (whooo!)

Piggy in the middle (whooo!)

Do a poo poo

Bible punching heavyweight

Evangelistic boxing kangaroo

Orangutan and anaconda

Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, even Pluto, too

Hey, diddle diddle (whooo!)

The cat and the fiddle (whooo!)

Piggy in the middle (whooo!)

Do a poo poo

Tekraaam ot tnew eiggip elttil siht

One man's civilization is another man's jungle, yeah

They say revolution's in the air

I'm dancing in my underwear

'Cause I don't care

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Hey diddle diddle (whooo!)

The cat and the fiddle (whooo!)

Piggy in the middle (whooo!)

Do a poo poo

Do a poo poo

Oink oink

Walkie-talkie man says "‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello,"

With his ballerina boots you can tell he's always on his toes

Hanging from a Christmas tree

Creeping like the Bogeyman, gettin' up my nose

Hey diddle diddle (whooo!)

The cat and the fiddle (whooo!)

Piggy in the middle (whooo!)

Do a poo poo

A poo poo

Poo

..piggy had roast beef

And this little piggy had none

This little piggy went WOOOOOOO!!

....all the way home

This little piggy went to market

And this little piggy stayed home

This little piggy had roast beef

And this little piggy had none

This little piggy went Wooo..oooo!

All the way home

(oink oink)

Now this little piggy went to market

And this little piggy stayed at home

And This little piggy had roast beef

And this little piggy had none

This little piggy went Woooo!

All the way home, all the way home

Now this little piggy went to market

And this little piggy stayed at home

This little piggy had roast beef!

And this little piggy had none!

Poor Piggy!

This little piggy went...

Ooooooooo

Releases[]

Piggy in the Middle
  • Covered by Oasis in 1994, as a b-side.
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