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SAWNEY BEAN (Mass murderer)
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A true event from Scotlands past

This is the story of Sawney Bean
A man who lived by the sea
With his wife and children they shared a cave
Back in the sixteenth century

Forteen children shared this dismal dwelling
Twenty two more would follow as well
Cause' they all had incestruous relationships
That would add to this family from hell

Now the life this clan lived was very hard
Because food it was in short supply
So he robbed any passing travellers
Then he killed them, and I'll tell you why

You see the Bean family, they were cannibals
Human flesh was their cravings and perversions
For many years they hid in their cave
Where they butchered more than one thousand persons

But those missing travellers had kinsfolk
And soon search parties would come on the scene
Where the cave and Bean clan where discovered
It was the end for the evil Sawney Bean

So it was hung drawn and quartered for Sawney
And his wife shared a similar end
The men were cut up, the woman burned alive
A stout message the townsfolk would send

But lets travel back to four hundred years
And be careful before you condemn
Because how would you act if you lived in that cave
Do you think you could turn out like them?

 

 


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 Reviews of "SAWNEY BEAN (Mass murderer)"
Reviewed by Richard King
Reviewed on February 14, 2010
I found this to be thought provoking. I know it's been some time since that 4/25/08 review but I think someone might have benefited from a chill pill. Keep up the good work, Dick

Reviewed by Darren Cocks (Reader)
Reviewed on April 25, 2008
Bravo! Very entertaining.

Reviewed by Gerald Tate
Reviewed on April 25, 2008
I certainly didn't mean this poem to cause offence to anyone, and if it has I will unresevedly apologise. I'm simply trying to point out that had Sawney Bean been born in modern times he would probably have became an upright citizen. Its about circumstance, but in the poem i've already stated that the man was evil. My poems are mainly for fun and amusement and anyone reading to deep into them should Chill out a little bit.
Gerald J Tate

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on April 25, 2008
Who the hell knows how I would act . . . But you are acting stupid . . . Trying, it seems to me, to make excuses for evil . . . I will no longer track you . . .


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