Pigs singing the Happy Wanderer

[MartyMuppets]

Say Caroline
Sometimes when I think about this sketch I wonder if the last pig, while he was unaware of the goat, whether he may have feared if there was something awfully fishy going on.

Did you notice how during the second chorus he held up a rope between him and his buddy before he fell? His buddy nods at it as if to say "Yes. My line is firmly secure", but he still falls anyway.

In that case I suppose they may well have been all roped together at the start. The first one may have had his fears modified by knowing he was fastened to his buddies. So the goat may have been able to slyly bite through the rope without them noticing before sending him tumbling to his doom. Therefore the other two could have thought his line had somehow come loose or not been fastened adaquately in addition to the loose rocks he must have slipped on.

So after having verified that the rest of the rope was sure and sound having it come loose again may have seemed too suspicious, plus the uncanny coincidence that both his poor buddies should lose their footing at the exact same moment of each chorus. Rather alarmingly strange, huh?

So no wonder he was apprehensive as he neared the dreaded part of his solo chorus. And just imagine his relief at not falling only to be killed with the large boulders a few moments afterwards.

What do you think of what I've just speculated as well as my last funny thought above?

 

[Skye]

Ah ha, that's very true, Marty. I do remember how he held up the rope to verify that it was firm and secure. I would certainly understand him being so apprehensive as he was singing, especially as he reached that part in the chorus, too. And then he was so ecstatic about not falling at the time. If I remember correctly, he started singing louder and having a good jolly ol' time! Until those darn boulders, of course!

Man, that evil goat sure is sneaky!

Oh, and by the way, I think The Big Bad Wolf did pay off the evil goat. He had to write a check to the evil goat because he didn't have quite enough money on him at the time, but both of them were quite enthusiastic!

 

[MartyMuppets]

They had probably assumed that as long as they were watching their step and that the rope was firm and secure, then they would be perfectly safe.

After all, if the pig lower down perchance slipped, the higher one would brace himself firmly against the mountain side to break the fall, so his friend could regain his grip, foothold and balance.

And on the other hand if the higher pig perchance slipped, the lower one would brace himself firmly against the mountain side with one hand held up to catch his friend, halting his fall and he could carefully regain his position.

So they thought eh?

 

[JaniceFerSure]

The lyrics and information...

The Happy Wanderer

I love to go a-wandering,
Along the mountain track,
And as I go, I love to sing,
My knapsack on my back.

Chorus:
Val-deri,Val-dera,
Val-deri,
Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deri,Val-dera.

My knapsack on my back.
I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun,
So joyously it calls to me,
"Come! Join my happy song!"

I wave my hat to all I meet,
And they wave back to me,
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From ev'ry green wood tree.

High overhead, the skylarks wing,
They never rest at home
But just like me, they love to sing,
As o'er the world we roam.

Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die!
Oh, may I always laugh and sing,
Beneath God's clear blue sky!


Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann,
Und mir steckt's auch im Blut;
Drum wandr' ich flott, so lang ich kann,
Und schwenke meinen Hut.

Refrain 1:
Faleri, falera, faleri,
Falera ha ha ha ha ha ha
Faleri, falera,
Und schwenke meinen Hut.

Refrain 2&3:
|: Hei-di, hei-da, hei-di, hei-da!
Und schwenke meinen Hut. :|

Das Wandern schaffet frische Lust,
Erhält das Herz gesund;
Frei atmet draußen meine Brust,
Froh singet stets mein Mund:
Refrain:

Warum singt Dir das Vögelein
So freudevoll sein Lied?
Weil's nimmer hockt, landaus, landein
Durch and're Fluren zieht.
Refrain:

Was murmelt's Bächlein dort und rauscht,
So lustig hin durch's Rohr,
Weil's frei sich regt, mit Wonne lauscht
Ihm dein empfänglich Ohr.
Refrain:

D'rum trag ich Ränzlein und den Stab
Weit in die Welt hinein,
Und werde bis an's kühle Grab
Ein Wanderbursche sein!
Refrain:


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happy_Wanderer


Here is a link for information on the song The Happy Wanderer,in the site Wikipedia.Hope this info. helps you out.

*exits post*

 

[MartyMuppets]

Thanks JaniceFerSure

Hope you enjoyed my thread

 

[JaniceFerSure]

Thanks JaniceFerSure

Hope you enjoyed my thread

Your welcome Marty,I added the German lyrics to my post too.I love that sketch.I watched that episode yesterday.Definately one of the funniest sketches on TMS.

 

[MartyMuppets]

Possibly also the darkest sketch too.

 

[JaniceFerSure]

Possibly also the darkest sketch too.

No Marty,I've seen darker sketches on The Muppet Show.If I may,to name a few:

• Hugga Wugga
• Behemoth and Shaky Sanchez singing "I've Got You,Under My Skin"
• 3 legged-screaming thing singing "Windmills of my Mind"
• Jabberwocky in the Brooke Shield's episode
• "Welcome to My Nightmare",sung in the Alice Cooper episode
• the majority of the Vincent Price episode

During the Pilot: Sex and Violence,the sketch with the pigs and human.

I do agree,that The Happy Wanderer sketch has a dark side to it.

 

[MartyMuppets]

Fair enough Dee.

It's just that for me personally "Happy Wanderer" is the darkest TMS sketch I can imagine because it involves characters allegedly being killed.

Death is always the darkest subject of all in my mind.

 

[Skye]

It's just that for me personally "Happy Wanderer" is the darkest TMS sketch I can imagine because it involves characters allegedly being killed.

Death is always the darkest subject of all in my mind.

Well now, what about the "I've Got You Under My Skin" sketch that Diana brought up... that's Behemoth eating Shaky Sanchez! I would say that's a pretty dark sketch involving the tasty meal that is Shaky, also.

Thanks for posting that link, Diana. It's very interesting and informative.

Man, the pigs should've sang the song in German. That would've confused the evil goat so much, he'd stay as far away from them as possible!