Ghost Of Ham

The Republic of Freedonia

This Piggie Had None

This Piggie Went Home

davis west - strings
trace johnson - strings
phil krause - guitar

Let it Slide

The song is an evocation of the childhood memories of Bohumil Hrabal in his provincial town of Nymburk, dominated by the local brewery. The musicians of the track, uncle Pepin and Maryška, are based on real family members of Hrabal: Maryška on his mother and uncle Pepin on his real uncle, who came to stay two weeks in the town but remained for forty years. His spontaneous stories influenced a lot Hrabal's musical work.

Cutting It Short

A parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork or with the larvae of a species of roundworm Trichinella spiralis, commonly called the trichina worm. 

Trichinosis

Soon or late the day is coming,
Tyrant Man shall be o'erthrown,
And the fruitful fields of England
Shall be trod by beasts alone.

HAM