Chauvinist Pig Blues

Famous quotes containing the words pig and/or blues:

    “To market, to market, to buy a fat pig;
    Home again, home again, jiggety jig.
    To market, to market, to buy a fine hog;
    Home again, home again, joggety jog.”
    —Unknown. To Market, to Market, to Buy a Fat Pig (l. 1–4)

    “It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.”
    —James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)