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The Ballad of Big Slaps b​/​w Shittin' on Company Time

by Big Slaps & The Meat Sweats

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1.
Well I was born out west on Prairie soil A couple hundred miles south of the land of the oil I was playin' tunes as soon as I could stand on my own two feet And at the age of 6, on a summer's day My papa took me to see Willie play And that's when I knew it was the country life for me I learned a little fiddle & a little guitar But the strings & the wood, they never brought me far I needed somethin' more that could really make a big tune slap Well the chicken dance man said "sit on this stool" My legs, they got to shakin' & I started to drool That was the day that the drums & cymbals fell into my lap Well they call me Big Slaps I got a kick & a snare & a set of hi-hats Honky tonkin' as much as a prairie boy can Slappin' harder than Bam Bam Bigelow Doin' 105 on the open road If you need those skins slapped hard Honey I'm your man Well I like Johnny, Dwight & Merle & I love Corb Lund Hank, Hank Jr., Dolly, Brooks & Dunn I was raised on the greatest hits of Stompin' Tom So crank the George Jones & the Riders in the Sky A little bit of Joe Diffie & some Charlie Pride But when the jukebox gets shut down That's when I'll be gone Cut ahead a couple years, now I'm livin' out east Keep my liver in check & my arteries greased But I need that honky tonk juice to keep my life in line So every time I'm about to have a fit Yeaton calls me up, he says "grab your kit! We're goin' down to the fuckin' gig to have ourselves a time" Well they call me Big Slaps I got a kick & a snare & a set of hi-hats Honky tonkin' as much as a prairie boy can Slappin' harder than Bam Bam Bigelow Doin' 105 on the open road If you need those skins slapped hard Honey I'm your man Well they call me Big Slaps I got a kick & a snare & a set of hi-hats Honky tonkin' as much as a prairie boy can Slappin' harder than Bam Bam Bigelow Doin' 105 on the open road If you need those skins slapped hard Honey I'm your man
2.
Well there’s a secret that I know of That’ll lighten your load When you’re on the assembly line You’ll be printing off gold Just as soon as you know about Shittin' on company time Shittin' on company time Doin' a #2 at the 9 to 5 If you’re ever sick of workin' Well y'know you should be certainly Shittin' on company time Doesn’t matter if you’re cookin, buildin' bridges 'cross a brook or haulin' coal out the back of the mine You best believe you can get a little relief if you’re shittin' on company time Shittin' on company time Doin' a #2 at the 9 to 5 If you’re ever sick of workin' Well y'know you should be certainly Shittin' on company time Well I know some yearn for the comfort of the seat that they got waiting for 'em back at home But sometimes laying down that turd is just what you need when you’re on the job all alone Some might say I’m throwin' in the towel But a healthy set of bowels is worth more to me than nickels & dimes So as long as long as I’m workin' in this cage making minimum wage I’ll be shittin' on company time Shittin' on company time Doin' a #2 at the 9 to 5 If you’re ever sick of workin' Well y'know you should be certainly Shittin' on company time Shittin' on company time Doin' a #2 at the 9 to 5 If you’re ever sick of workin' Well y'know you should be certainly Shittin' on company time

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A classic A side/B side honky tonk country single recorded for the 2021 RPM Challenge.

A honky tonk origin story
& a song for the workin' man.

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released February 25, 2021

Jacob "Big Slaps" Cherwick: kick, snare, hi-hats, telecaster, phaser pedal, bass, "vocals"
Lucas Rose: pedal steel

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Jacob Cherwick in St. John's, NL

Photo by Iso McKenna
Design by Jacob Cherwick

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