RIGADOO
Ten thousand Lunar soldiers from the Hielands they
came forth
And they had conquered everything between the South
and North.
They camped beside an earthwork, for the night they
thought they'd lie,
But somewhere way up yonder they heard this terrible
cry:
CHORUS:
Rigadee! Rigadoo!
Come up and fight, you cowardly crew!
I'll have you for my pot of stew!
You fear to fight with me!
On top stood a bearded Heortlander, in woad and
nothing more
He looked a bit ferocious, so Euglyptus sent up four.
Then down he sat for sugared eels to gorge beneath the
moon,
But he lost his taste for seafood when four heads come
rollin' doon.
CHORUS
Euglyptus then sent Tatius wi' another fifty five.
"Gae bring to me that rascal's head, or I'll have you
stewed alive."
They heard the clash of metal until the night was
done,
But again they heard this terrible cry by the rising
of the sun.
CHORUS
Euglyptus sent a thousand men, this Heortlander to
crack,
But out of all the thousand, there was only one came
back.
"Oh, Guv'nor!" cried the soldier, wi' his head all
black and blue,
"The rascal has been lying! There's not just one,
there's two!"
CHORUS
So frightened was Euglyptus that he choked upon an
eel,
And met his fate while on his plate the sugar-sauce
congealed.
Now maybe ye will wonder why I've told this tale at
all
Well, it has a simple moral, that they call the
Building Wall!
Tune: Grigaloo (http://www.mudcat.org/!!-
supersearch99.cfm?MaxHits=1&Command=search&NumLines=4&file=fall99&
request=%5BGRIGALOO%5D)
Lyrics: Guy Hoyle
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