Ogre Battle (Live 1973)

[Intro]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahh!

[Verse 1]
Now once upon a time
An old man told me a fable
When the piper is gone
And the soup is cold on your table
And if the black crow flies
To find a new destination
That is the sign

[Chorus]
Come tonight
Come to the ogre sight
Come to the ogre-battle-fight

[Verse 2]
He gives a great big cry
And he can swallow up the ocean
With a mighty tongue he catches flies
And the palm of a hand, the incredible size
One great big eye
Has a focus in your direction
Now the battle is on

[Chorus]
Come tonight
Come to the ogre sight
Come to the ogre-battle-fight

[Instrumental Interlude 1]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahh!

[Verse 3]
The ogre men are still inside
The two-way mirror mountain
Got to keep down right out of sight
You can't see in but they can see out
"Ooh, keep a lookout!"
The ogre-men are coming out
From the two-way mirror mountain
They're running up behind and they're coming all about
Can't go east 'cause you gotta go south

[Instrumental Interlude 2]

[Verse 4]
Ogre-men are going home
And then the great big fight is over
Bugle blow, let trumpet cry
Ogre battle lives for ever more

[Outro]
Oh-ho-ho
You can come along
You can come along
Come to ogre battle