Words and music by Richard Farina



And it's hi ho hey, I am a bold marauder

And it's hi ho hey, I am the white destroyer

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

I will wave a widowing flag, and I will be your lover

And I will show you grotto and cave and sacrificial alter

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



And it's hi ho hey, I am the bold marauder

And 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



And it's hi ho hey, I am the bold marauder

And it's hi ho hey, I am the white destroyer

For I will sour the winds on high and I will soil the river

And I will burn the grain in the field and I will be your mother

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

And I will take a fury to wife and I will be your mother

And death will be our darling and fear will be our name



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