Poor Pewter Pig!

MY TRUE COLOURS

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'Pewter'

POOR PEWTER PIG!

Why is it always pigs they choose to store their money in?

Why is it only pigs that have a slit cut in their skin?

Why don't they choose an elephant, a monkey or a cat?

No! Don't tell me it's because a pig is always fat!

Don't add insult to injury! A hippo's 'porky' too!

But I've never seen a Hippo Bank in all my life! Have you?

A whale is round and blubbery and could hold a lot of cents,

But a Whale Bank? Never! Never! It doesn't make much sense!

They try to say they trust me with their items of small change,

But why don't they trust the others? I find it very strange.

I don't mind being an ornament, an item of great beauty,

But it does upset me rather when I'm put on fiscal duty!

The coins weigh heavily inside; I sometimes get the colic;

Those heavy pennies weigh me down, too cumbersome to frolic!

As you see, I look despondent, but no-one cares a fig.

When someone created a money-box, why did they pick poor Pig?

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Some well-known pigs here:

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