Piggity Wiggity Lyrics

Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jigg
Was a long sort of name for a short sort of pig
His dad was a chef at a city café
He made croissants and quiches and soup-of-the-day.

Jig jig-jiggity, jig jig-jiggity,
Piggity-Wiggity, Piggity-Wiggity,
Jig jig-jiggity, jig jig-jiggity,
Piggity-Wiggity-Jiggity Jig.

But at bedtime one night,
Having stories with Dad,
Piggity-Wiggity felt a bit sad
He knew that it couldn’t be terribly wrong
But nobody else had a name that was long.

Piggity-Wiggity-Jiggity Jig
Was a long sort of name
for a short sort of pig.
His dad tucked him up in his comfity bed
“I have a wee story to tell you,” he said.

Jig jig-jiggity, jig jig-jiggity,
Piggity-Wiggity, Piggity-Wiggity,
Jig jig-jiggity, jig jig-jiggity,
Piggity-Wiggity-Jiggity Jig.

We wanted a name
that had rhythm and style
That would perk up your morning and brighten your smile
A name that was dynamite, different and daring
A name that epitomised kindness and caring
A marvellous melody, music to hum
A name that would pound like beat on a drum!

Piggity-Wiggity’s confidence grew
His world became sunshine
because he now knew
That Piggity-Wiggity-Jiggity Jig
Was a smart sort of name
for a cool kind of pig.

Jig jig-jiggity, jig jig-jiggity,
Piggity-Wiggity, Piggity-Wiggity,
Jig jig-jiggity, jig jig-jiggity,
Piggity-Wiggity-Jiggity Jig.
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Piggity's BIG Day

Look out, Q Zealanders past and present. Piggity-Wiggity-Jiggity Jigg is about to be shared with the rest of the waiting world!! Put Wednesday evening - 16 April in your diaries and be at the City Library for an historic evening.

Diana's Book

We have been so lucky to have Diana Neild to share the process she has been through to publish her books; "Piggity-Wiggity-Jiggity Jig" and "Piggity-Wiggity-Jiggity Jig Goes to Dad's Café".

It has taken Diana nearly a year to arrange the publishing. Firstly she had to find a company to publish her book (Scholastics), then the company had to approve the book and after that they found an illustrater to draw the pictures. The illustrater chosen is a man called Philip Webb. Philip had to draw rough sketches of the characters before he drew the real copy.

Today Diana brought in two of Philip's illustrations to show us. They are really detailed.

We are really proud to have an author of our own.

by Nancy