Name: Old Powder House Pickles
Duration: P00H02M28S
Description: What do you do if you've got a powder house and you're done holding your gunpowder in it? If you're George Emerson, you open a pickle factory and store your pickles in it!

Old Powder House Pickles

from More Songs About Pickles And Sheep by Jef Czekaj

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What do you do if you've got a powder house and you're done holding your gunpowder in it? If you're George Emerson, you open a pickle factory and store your pickles in it!

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In the 1870s
George Emerson signed a lease
You see he had a plan
To make the best pickles in the land

George filled his powder house
with cucumbers that he doused
with some salty brine
He knew he’d have pickles
in no time

The name of his company:
Old Powder House Brand
made the best pickles
in the land

In the powder house he stored
Pickles and pickles and pickles galore
Inside the tall stone tower
George’s pickles grew nice and sour

The name of his company:
Old Powder House Brand
made the best pickles
in the land

But in 1878, something terrible happened.
A fire burned poor George Emerson’s factory to the ground.
The company didn’t officially go out of business until 1892,
But George’s pickle factory was no more.

All that remains of his pickle dream
is a plaque in Nathan Tuft’s park
And there Powder House Pickle Jar
is where you come from

Bye bye Old Powder House Pickles
Bye bye Old Powder House Pickles
Bye bye Old Powder House Pickles
Bye bye Old Powder House Pickles

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from More Songs About Pickles And Sheep, released June 15, 2021

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Jef Czekaj Arlington, Massachusetts

Jef Czekaj writes and draws picture books. And, apparently, makes internet puppet shows and music. He/him.

czekaj.com

LATEST BOOK:
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