ORCHESTRA AND MALE CHORUS CONDUCTED BY
NORMAN LEYDEN
VOCALS BY VAUGHN MONROE(VM) AND
CHORUS (CH)
(VM) I SING OF HERCULES
HE-RO-IC HERCULES
THE MIGHTY LABOR DID HE DO
(CH) MIGHTY HERCULES
(VM) HE JUMPED A LION WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS
AND CARRIED HIM BACK TO TOWN
HE TANGLED NEXT WITH A NINE HEADED SNAKE
AND WON THAT MATCH HANDS DOWN
BUT IT TOOK HIM A YEAR
BUT HE CAUGHT THE STAG WITH THE FABULOUS
GOLDEN HORNS
AND HE HUNTED AND CAP'T A FEROCIOUS
BOAR WITH TUSKS AS SHARP AS THORNS
(VM&CH)YES THAT WAS HERCULES
HE-RO-IC HERCULES
STRONGER THAN ANY MAN
EVER SINCE TIME BEGAN
(VM) HE CHANGED THE COURSE OF A RIVER OR TWO
IN THE SPACE OF A SINGLE DAY
HE CAUGHT A PLAGUE OF RAVENOUS BIRDS
AND HE DROVE THEM ALL AWAY
HE WRESTLED A FIERCE AND POWERFUL BULL
TIL THE BULL WAS ROPED AND TIED
THEN BATTLED A HERD OF MAN EATING MARES
AND SCATTERED THEM FAR AND WIDE.
(VM&CH)YES THAT WAS HERCULES
HE-RO-IC HERCULES
STRONGER THAN ANY MAN
EVER SINCE TIME BEGAN
(AN ORCHESTRAL INTERLUDE. THEN;)
(CH) MIGHTY HERCULES
(VM) HE STOLE THE SASH FROM AROUND THE WAIST
OF A STATELY AMAZON TREE
AND HE STOLE ALL THE CATTLE
FROM THE MOST INCREDIBLE MONSTER EVER SEEN
HE FOUND THOSE GOLDEN APPLES
THAT WERE HIDDEN AWAY SO WELL
AND LAST ABOUT LEAST
CAUGHT THE THREE HEADED BEAST
THAT GUARDED THE GATES OF HELL
(VM&CH)YES THAT WAS HERCULES
HE-RO-IC HERCULES
STRONGER THAN ANY MAN
EVER SINCE TIME BEGAN