The Cannibal Sawney Bean by BitchMedusa, literature
Literature
The Cannibal Sawney Bean
I'll tell you the story of old Sawney Bean
The meanest damn cannibal this world's ever seen
With his wife and his children he lived in a cave
And ev'ry last one of them was vile and depraved
For decades the incestuous family grew
Feasting on trav'llers' flesh and home-brew
They pickled the fat ones in whiskey and tea
And hefted the skinny ones into the sea.
Oh, the Ayrshire coast was wilder than most
Tho' the sea was a beautiful green
And many a traveller dropped round for pot roast
To the kitchen of Sawney Bean
The Sheriff was helpless, with no explanation
Of who was to blame for this grim situation
The sparse population grew s