Bold Marauder

By: Richard Farina 

It's hi, ho, hey, I am the bold marauder!

It's hi, ho, hey, I am the white destroyer!



For I will buy you silver and gold and I will bring you treasure,

And I will bring a widowing flag and I will be your lover;

And I will show you grotto and cave and sacrificial altar,

And I will show you blood on the stone and I will be your mentor.

And night will be our darling and fear will be our name.



It's hi, ho, hey, I am the bold marauder!

It's hi, ho, hey, I am the white destroyer!



For I will take you out by the hand and lead you to the hunter,

And I will show you thunder and steel and I will be your teacher; 

And we will dress in helmet and sword, and dip our tongues in slaughter,

And we will sing a warrior's song and lift the praise of murder.

And Christ will be our darling and fear will be our name.



It's hi, ho, hey, I am the bold marauder!

It's hi, ho, hey, I am the white destroyer!



For I will sour the winds on high and I will soil the rivers,

And I will burn the grain in the fields and I will be your mother;

And I will go to ravage and kill and I will go to plunder, 

And I will take a Fury to wife and I will be your father. 

And Death will be our darling and fear will be our name.



It's hi, ho, hey, I am the bold marauder! 

It's hi, ho, hey, I am the white destroyer!







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