Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty

Subject: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Azizi
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 08:40 AM

We've had threads lately that listed or gave lyrics for songs about hair, or snakes, or feet, or rabbits, or dogs, or cakes.

Well, let's raise the stakes a bit.

Which songs or rhymes can you list or which lyrics can you post that describe a character or characters as being "invincible"?

And if the character or characters aren't actually invincible, which songs or rhymes can you think of that describe a character or character as being "mighty"?

I'm mighty sure that you can think of some songs in this category.

I'll start the ball rolling in my next post or two or three...

Thanks, in advance, for your contributions to this thread!

Subject: Lyr Add: WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS (Queen)
From: JennyO
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 08:54 AM

Well this one sprang to mind straight away - okay, it's not what you'd call folk, but I'm a bit of a Queen fan, so here it is:

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - Queen

I've paid my dues, time after time,
I've done my sentence but committed no crime,
And bad mistakes, I've made a few.
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face but I've come through.
And I need to go on, and on, and on, and on.

Chorus:
We are the champions my friend.
And we'll keep on fighting till the end.
We are the champions. We are the champions.
No time for losers 'cause we are the champions
of the world.

I've taken my bows and my curtain calls.
You brought me fame and fortune and ev'rything that goes with it,
I thank you all.
But it's been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise.
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
and I ain't gonna lose.

Chorus:
We are the champions my friend.
And we'll keep on fighting till the end.
We are the champions. We are the champions.
No time for losers 'cause we are the champions
of the world.

repeat chorus

Subject: Lyr Add: SHINE AND THE TITANIC
From: Azizi
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 08:56 AM

Shine and the Titanic

It was a hell of a day in the merry month of May
When the great Titanic was sailing away.
The captain and his daughter was there, too,
And old black Shine, he didn't need no crew.
Shine was downstairs eating his peas
When the . . .water come up to his knees.
He said, "Captain, Captain, I was downstairs eating my peas
When the water come up to my knees."
He said, "Shine, Shine, set your black self down.
I got ninety-nine pumps to pump the water down."

Shine went downstairs looking through space.
That's when the water came up to his waist.
He said, "Captain, Captain, I was downstairs looking through space,
That's when the water came up to my waist."
He said, "Shine, Shine, set your black self down.
I got ninety-nine pumps to pump the water down."

Shine went downstairs, he ate a piece of bread.
That's when the water came above his head.
He said, "Captain, Captain, I was downstairs eating my bread
And the . . .water came above my head."
He said, "Shine, Shine, set your black self down.
I got ninety-nine pumps to pump the water down."

Shine took off his shirt, took a dive. He took one stroke
And the water pushed him like it pushed a motorboat.
I'll give you more money than any black man see."
Shine said, "Money is good on land or sea.
Take off your shirt and swim like me."
And Shine Swam on.

Shine met up with the whale.
The whale said, "Shine, Shine, you swim mighty fine,
But if you miss one stroke, your black self is mine."
Shine said, "You may be the king of the ocean, king of the sea,
But you got to be a swimming son-of-a-gun to out-swim me."
And Shine swam on.

Now when the news got to the port, the great Titanic has sunk,
You won't believe this, but old Shine was on the corner damn near drunk..."

http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/creole_art_toast_tradition.html
"The African American Toast Tradition" by Mona Lisa Saloy

-snip-

For more 'toasts' about the mighty, invincible Shine, see this Mudcat thread:

thread.cfm?threadid=97381#1915384

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Willa
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 08:59 AM

EPPIE MORRIE
WOMEN OF DUNDEE
PUSH BOYS PUSH
SOLIDARITY FOREVER
UNITY (all in the DT)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: CharleyO'Neill
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 09:01 AM

I'm the urban spaceman

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Azizi
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 09:02 AM

From the Digital Tradition:

@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6390
"The Gray Goose"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 09:08 AM

There's that country song "9 foot tall and bullett proof" but that's about the effects of drink on the brain.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Azizi
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 09:32 AM

Okay, here's one that's not in the Digital Tradition:

HOLLYWOOD ROCK SWINGING
Hollywood rock swinging
Hollywood rock swinging
My name is Aniesha
I'm number one
My reputation is having fun
So if you see me just step aside
'Cause mighty Aniesha don't take no jive.

Hollywood rock swinging
Hollywood rock swinging
My name is Katrina
I'm number two
My reputation is me and you
So if you see me just step on back
'Cause mighty Katrina don't take no slack.

Hollywood rock swinging
Hollywood rock swinging
My name is Natasha
I'm number twelve
My reputation is ringing that bell
So if you see me just step aside.
'Cause mighty Katrina don't take no jive.


Source: Barbara Michels' and Bettye White 's 1983 collection of African American folklore from Houston, Texas , "Apples On A Stick".
p. 14.

Btw, "Hollywood Rock Swinging" is an example of a 'new' type of children's rhyme that I call "foot stomping cheers". For more information & examples of these types of cheers, visit my website on these cheers at http://www.cocojams.com/street_cheers_example%200104.htm

Subject: Lyr Add: I AM WOMAN (Helen Reddy and Ray Burton)
From: GUEST,Misogynist
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 09:55 AM

I Am Woman

Words and Music by Helen Reddy and Ray Burton


I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again

CHORUS
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman


You can bend but never break me
'cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul

CHORUS

I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin' arms across the land
But I'm still an embryo
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand

Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to I can face anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
Oh, I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong

I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or might
From: Kevin Sheils
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 10:06 AM

He's My Brother Sylveste
He's got a row of medals on is chest

Etc (well can't actually remember the rest)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Flash Company
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 10:52 AM

Given my name I have to suggest..........

Come on without, come on within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty..........

But enough about me!
Kevin in the posting above brought this one back (Fivepenny Piece)

He's my brother (What's his name?)
Sylvest (What has he got?)
He's got a row of forty medals on his chest (Big Chest!)
Killed a hundred zulus in the west,
He takes no rest,
(Bigger they are, harder they fall, dont push, just shove, plenty of room for you and me)
He's got an arm (Big arm!)
Like a leg (Ladies leg!)
And a punch that would sink a battleship (Big Ship!)
Take all the army and the navy,
To put the wind up (Who?)
Sylvest!

(And that's just the chorus!)

Well he thought he'd take a trip to Italy,
And he thought he'd make the trip by sea,
Jumped in the harbour in New York
And he floated like a man made of cork,
Well he saw the Lusitania in distress,
So he took the Lusitania on his chest (Big chest!)
Drank all the water in the sea
And he walked to Italy>

CH...........

There is another verse about going to Japan, but I can't remember it all. I, For one, am not sorry!

FC (The Mighty Q)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Jack Campin
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 06:50 PM

The beginning of the York mystery play "The Creation of the World' has a monologue by God saying how neat it is to be omnipotent. Will that do?

http://academics.vmi.edu/english/medrama.html
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=AnoYork.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/mideng-parsed&tag=public&part=1&division=div1

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 07:03 PM

Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn).

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Azizi
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 07:09 PM

Jack, I think these are the hyperlinks to those websites, though I didn't find that monologue on these pages.

http://academics.vmi.edu/english/medrama.html

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=AnoYork.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/mideng-parsed&tag=public&

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,Nick
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 07:10 PM

How about the Seafaring, Sail Making, Gambolin', Capering, Grog Drinking Hero Jack Hinks?
Nick

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Azizi
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 07:19 PM

Here's an example from the rap {hip-hop} genre: Salt N Pepa's 1993 song "Whatta Man"

CHORUS

What a man, what a man, what a man

What a mighty good man

What a man, what a man, what a man

What a mighty good man

What a man, what a man, what a man

What a mighty good man

What a man, what a man, what a man

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/salt-n-pepa/whatta-man.html



What a mighty good man

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: mg
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 07:55 PM

I was thinking Sylvest as well.

I am the man the very fat man what waters the workers' beer.

Men of Harlech.
Something about the fastest runner named Baker.
20,000 Cornish men will know the reason why.
Deutchsland Uber Alles.

We're the champions of keeping them rolling.

My love is wider than the deepest ocean higher than the sky

John Henry

We are coming Father Ab'ram a 100,000 more

Frozen Logger

Subject: Lyr Add: ABDUL ABULBUL AMIR
From: Little Hawk
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 08:57 PM

Well, there was the epic confrontation between Abdul Abulbul Amir and Ivan Skavinsky Skavar....both of whom considered themselves to be invincible.

ABDUL ABULBUL AMIR
by
Percy French

The sons of the Prophet are brave men and bold
And quite unaccustomed to fear,
But the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah,
Was Abdul Abulbul Amir.

If you wanted a man to encourage the van,
Or harass the foe from the rear,
Storm fort or redoubt, you had only to shout
For Abdul Abulbul Amir.

Now the heroes were plenty and well known to fame
In the troops that were led by the Czar,
And the bravest of these was a man by the name
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

One day this bold Russian, he shouldered his gun
And donned his most truculent sneer,
Downtown he did go where he trod on the toe
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.

Young man, quote Abdul, has life grown so dull
That you wish to end your career?
Vile infidel know, you have trod on the toe
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.

So take your last look at the sunshine and brook
And send your regrets to the Czar
For by this I imply, you are going to die,
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

Then this bold Mameluke drew his trusty skibouk,
Singing, "Allah! Il Allah! Al-lah!"
And with murderous intent he ferociously went
For Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

They parried and thrust, they side-stepped and cussed,
Of blood they spilled a great part;
The philologist blokes, who seldom crack jokes,
Say that hash was first made on the spot.

They fought all that night 'neath the pale yellow moon;
The din, it was heard from afar,
And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame,
Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar.

As Abdul's long knife was extracting the life,
In fact he was shouting, "Huzzah!"
He felt himself struck by that wily Calmuck,
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

The Sultan drove by in his red-breasted fly,
Expecting the victor to cheer,
But he only drew nigh to hear the last sigh,
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.

There's a tomb rises up where the Blue Danube rolls,
And 'graved there in characters clear,
Is, "Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir."

A splash in the Black Sea one dark moonless night
Caused ripples to spread wide and far,
It was made by a sack fitting close to the back,
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

A Muscovite maiden her lone vigil keeps,
'Neath the light of the cold northern star,
And the name that she murmurs in vain as she weeps,
Is Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.



Then there's the mighty John Henry who took on the steam drill with a hammer in each hand, and won...but died in the process.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: mg
Date: 17 Feb 07 - 09:34 PM

Beer maids of Valhall by A. Aldridge. mg

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Flash Company
Date: 18 Feb 07 - 10:40 AM

mg......... The late lamented Michael Flanders once said 'What sort of a song is Deutchland Uber Alles, I mean to say, German Overalls!'

FC

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: SINSULL
Date: 18 Feb 07 - 10:54 AM

I Am A Rock - S&G

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Bert
Date: 18 Feb 07 - 02:51 PM

Jim, Jim, what a funny man is Jim
There's not another man in the world like him
for a bar of soap he saw
and he washed himself ashore
he's a marvel, he's a mivvy
he's a Jim, Jim, Jim.

Subject: Lyr Add: SUMMER IS INVINCIBLE (Karen Hemmingham)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 18 Feb 07 - 06:37 PM

Not a person, but Karen Hemmingham's "Summer is invincible":

When winter falls upon your land
And laces leaves in icy glow
When frost numbs every beast and man
To weave a winding sheet of snow

Ch Then in the midst of winter, when hope like death lies still
   Listen to the heart within singing
   Summer is invincible, summer is invincible

When clouds like foaming seas of grey
Drown out the blue of summer skies
When winds of steel forge through your days
And the light of summer dies

When blood red beads the hedgerow
And emerald spears of holly gleam
When poison pearls the mistletoe
And frost kills every dream

Kitty

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Grab
Date: 19 Feb 07 - 08:22 AM

How's about anything by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones...? :-)

Joshua fought the Battle of Jericho probably just about qualifies. Also the Signifying Monkey in any of its many variations.

Graham.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Fergie
Date: 19 Feb 07 - 10:00 AM

"I'm a Man You Won't Meet Everday"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,Terry McDonald
Date: 19 Feb 07 - 10:09 AM

'Old Bob Ridley' on the MacColl/LLoyd 'Bold Sportsmen All' LP.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Azizi
Date: 19 Feb 07 - 07:49 PM

Excerpt from "Casey at the Bat"
by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

"Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out."

http://www.bu.edu/favoritepoem/poems/thayer/index.html

Subject: Lyr Add: A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD
From: Azizi
Date: 19 Feb 07 - 08:00 PM

A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.

Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing;
Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God's own choosing:
Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord Sabaoth, His Name, from age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us:
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.

That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him Who with us sideth:
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
The body they may kill: God's truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/i/mightyfo.htm

[Warning- this website has a midi that plays and plays and plays]...

**

I didn't know this song was composed by Martin Luther.
{Maybe I'm the only one here who didn't know that}.

See this excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mighty_Fortress_is_Our_God :

"A Mighty Fortress is Our God" (German, Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott) is the best known of Martin Luther's hymns. Luther wrote the words and composed the melody sometime between 1527-1529.[1] It has been translated into English at least seventy times and also into many other languages.[1][2] The words are a paraphrase of Psalm 46.[3] The most popular English version, "A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing," was translated by Frederick H. Hedge in 1853. Another popular English version by Thomas Carlyle begins "A safe stronghold our God is still."

Subject: Lyr Add: COME THOU ALMIGHTY KING
From: Azizi
Date: 19 Feb 07 - 08:06 PM

"Come Thou, Almighty King"

Come, Thou almighty King,
Help us Thy Name to sing, help us to praise!
Father all glorious, o'er all victorious,
Come and reign over us, Ancient of Days!

Jesus, our Lord, arise,
Scatter our enemies, and make them fall;
Let Thine almighty aid our sure defense be made,
Souls on Thee be stayed; Lord, hear our call.

Come, Thou incarnate Word,
Gird on Thy mighty sword, our prayer attend!
Come, and Thy people bless, and give Thy Word success,
Spirit of holiness, on us descend!

Come, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear in this glad hour.
Thou Who almighty art, now rule in every heart,
And ne'er from us depart, Spirit of power!

To Thee, great One in Three,
Eternal praises be, hence, evermore.
Thy sovereign majesty may we in glory see,
And to eternity love and adore!

**

"Words: Some sources show the au­thor as "anon­y­mous." Others cre­dit Charles Wes­ley, 1757. The words ap­peared in George White­field's Col­lect­ion of Hymns for So­cial Wor­ship, 1757.

Music: Ital­i­an Hymn, Fe­lice de Gi­ar­di­ni, in The Col­lect­ion of Psalm and Hymn Tunes Sung at the Cha­pel of the Lock Hos­pi­tal, 1769 (MI­DI, score). De Gi­ar­di­ni wrote the music spe­ci­fic­al­ly for this hymn. Al­ter­nate tune:

Amer­i­ca, The­saur­us Mu­si­cus, 1744 (MI­DI, score)"

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/t/ctak.htm

[Warning, this website has a midi that plays, and plays and plays].

If you've got the impression that I don't like midis, you guessed right!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or might
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 19 Feb 07 - 08:11 PM

If it's sport, I love this anthem (YouTube) from Australia about a legendary Aussie rules footballer :

Up there Cazaly,
In there and fight
Out there and at 'em
Show 'em your might.
Up there Cazaly,
Don't let them in.
Fly like an angel,
You're out there to win.

Up there Cazaly,
You're out there to win
In there and at 'em,
Don't let them in.
Up there Cazaly,
Shown them you're high,
Fight like the devil,
The crowds on your side.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Azizi
Date: 19 Feb 07 - 08:11 PM

Then there's Mighty Mouse.

Did this cartoon show have a theme song?

If so, I can't remember it.

Here's some information about Mighty Mouse:

Mighty Mouse is an animated superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox.

Early History
He was created by storyman I. Klein as a super-powered housefly named "Superfly," but studio head Paul Terry changed the character into a toon mouse instead. He was originally created as a parody of Justin Lute because of the sexy man's massive muscles, and he first appeared in 1942 in a theatrical animated short entitled The Mouse of Tomorrow. The original name of the character was Super Mouse, but it was soon changed to Mighty Mouse when Paul Terry learned that another character with the same name was being published in comic books.
....

The early, operatic Mighty Mouse cartoons often portrayed Mighty Mouse as a ruthless fighter. He would dole out a considerable amount of punishment, subduing the cats to the point of giving up their evil plan and running away. Mighty Mouse would then chase down the escaping cats, and continue beating them mercilessly, usually hurling or punching them miles away to finish the fight. A favorite move is to sudden fly up to just under a much larger opponent's chin and thrown a blinding flurry of punches that leaves the enemy reeling.

Mighty Mouse had two mouse girlfriends named Pearl Pureheart (in the cartoons) and Mitzi (in the comics during the 50s and 60s), and his arch-enemy is an evil villain cat named Oil Can Harry (who originated as a human in earlier Terrytoons as the enemy of Fanny Zilch). These characters were created for a series of Mighty Mouse cartoons that spoofed the old cliffhanger serials of the days of silent film; the cartoons usually began with Mighty Mouse and Pearl Pureheart already in a desperate situation, as if they were the next chapter of the serial. The characters often sang mock opera songs during these cartoons. Mighty Mouse was also known for singing "Here I come to save the day!" when flying into action. Mighty Mouse's hometown is Mouseville, populated mostly by anthropomorphic toon mice.

Mighty Mouse was not extraordinarily popular, but he did become a cultural icon after Paul Terry sold the Terrytoon cartoon library to broadcast television. Mighty Mouse cartoons became a staple of children's TV programming for a period of over thirty years, from the 1950s through the 1980s"

http://www.answers.com/topic/mighty-mouse-2

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: Rowan
Date: 19 Feb 07 - 09:54 PM

Azizi, you might also be interested in "Felix the cat". Being at work I can't do a search right now.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or might
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 08:27 AM

Check out STOUT42 in DigiTrad

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,HughM
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 08:35 AM

The one about the runner was Joseph Baker. I think it was written by Pete Coe.
Ewan McColl used to sing a song about someone called the Big Hewer. That reminds me of The Celebrated Working Man, and the related song "In the bar-room". The latter is in a song book called "Doon the Wagon Way", published by Galliard I think.

Subject: Lyr Add: I CAN HEW
From: freda underhill
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 10:08 AM

I Can Hew
Chorus:
I can hew boys, I can hack it out
I can hew the coal, I can dance and shout.
I can hew boys, coal that's black and fine,
I'm a collier lad, working down the mine.

On Saint Monday's day, it's well I do admire,
When I sits at home by me own coal fire.
Then it's off to the pub, for a glass or two
For to work on a Monday, that would never do.
Chorus

Well I likes my whiskey and I likes my beer.
I'll drink fourteen pints and I'll not feel queer.
I can hold my liquor good as any man.
And I'll dance and sing as long as I can.
Chorus



Well my boy's fourteen, he's a strappin' lad
And he'll go to he pits soon, just like his dad.
And when Friday comes, we'll pick up our pay.
And we'll drink together, to round out the day.
Chorus

And its when I'm dead, oh I know full well,
I'll not go to heaven, I am bound for hell.
And my pick and shovel, old Nick he will admire,
And he'll set me hewin' coal for his own hell fire.
Chorus

Subject: Lyr Add: NEVER TURNING BACK
From: freda underhill
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 10:11 AM

and there's..

Never Turning Back

Gonna keep on walkin' forward
Gonna keep on walkin' forward
Gonna keep on walkin' forward
Never turning back;
Never turning back

Gonna keep on walkin' proudly. . .

Gonna keep on singin' loudly. . .

Gonna reach across our borders. . .

Gonna work to end the killing. . .

Gonna keep on movin' forward. . .

Gonna fight for justice and freedom..

Gonna keep on walkin' forward
Gonna keep on walkin' forward
Gonna keep on walkin' forward
Never turning back;
Never turning back

Subject: Lyr Add: THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT DIE
From: slyoldfox
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 10:50 AM

The man who would not die(sca song)

The manne who would not Die

I've armored up a thousand times
for country and for king
And many's the tale that I could tell
or song that I could sing.

I've fought in Beltane's driving rain
And struggled for each breath
At salt wars and Oleno where
We damn near froze to death

I've had my share of bruises and
I've watched the arrows fly
But the strangest thing that I've ever seen
Was the man who would not die

He stood a towering seven feet
A giant among'st men
His armour was of twelve guage steel
His hide it was of ten

From a land most far away he came
Their champion and King
And many crafty ways he had
To make your helmet ring

The battle lines they soon were joined
And much to my surprise
I was locked in single combat with
The man who wouldn't die

We circled round a time or two
Then I opened up the show
With an underhanded wrist shot which
Is still my favorite blow

He didn't even try to block
Just brought that greatsword down
And split my helm completely from
The chin up to the crown

And though my sword was still entrapped
In the dent made in his side
"What a mighty knight" his people cheered
"Is the man who wouldn't die"

Full four and twenty fighters fell
Before his awesome might
And though many blows did land it seems
That every one was light

The battle soon was over and
By God's own blood he went
Off to the sides to doff his gear
And hammer out the dent's

The second battle soon began
And I took another try
Bearing a sword named "Rhino's Bane"
For the Man who would not die

For "Rhino's Bane" was a special blade
Immortal for those who know
And if he had not felt those blows
He'd Damn Well Feel One Now!

Three feet of rattan I center drilled
Then hollowed out the head
And filled that hole with six or maybe
seven pounds of lead

A single shot was all I'd get
I raised that sword on high
And buried it within the helm
of the man who would not die

He didn't even bat an eye
Just calmly struck me down
And then went on the clear the field
Of squires, Knights and Crown

I pondered why this man was not
A'stretched out on the dirt
I guess a head shot does no good
with nothing there to hurt

The third engagement was delayed
To give the chiurgeon's time
To pry the sword from out the head
Of the man who would not die

A battle deep within the woods
Was the last fight of the day
And the men remaining on my side
Went on their knees to pray

"Oh Lord, If you care for us
Allow your moon to fall
Upon this man for that would be
The only blow he'd call"

But as we marched atop a hill
A plan occurred which I
Thought maybe could lead to the death
of the man who would not die

Upon the hill there lay a stone
A full six feet in girth
"Oh gather round my fighters bold
We'll bring this man to earth!"

Ten stalwart lads I need with me to
Strike the final blow
While the rest shall keep behemoth here
occupied below

And when he tries to fight you
From up above will fly
This boulder full upon the frame
Of the man who would not die

It happened just as I forsaw
From out the woods he ran
And stopped there right below us as
According to the plan

The men below fought bravely while
The men above did strain
To send that boulder from the hill
Onto his alleged brain

At last the stone it stirred to life
And with a final pry
We sent that boulder on it's way
To the man who wouldn't die

Knocking trees to left and right
That fearsome missle sped
And with a final bounce it came
To rest upon his head

His arms and legs were all that we
Could see beneath the stone
But when we came from atop the hill
We heard our victim groan

Astounded round him 'bout we stood
As the day bled into night
And heard him say one final time
"My lords, that blow was light!"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 10:57 AM

How about the one about the man trying to get rid of hius cat that goes:


....But the cat came back, the cat came back, the very next day...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or might
From: Joe_F
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 11:50 PM

I can drink and no be drunk,
And I can fecht and no be slain,
And I can sleep with anither man's lass
And ay be welcome tae my ain. -- Barnyards o Delgaty

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 12:11 AM

I'm the son of a sea-cook, and a sea-cook in a trader,
I can dance, I can sing, I can reef the main-boom;
I can handle a jigger and cuts a big figure,
Whenever I gets in a boat's standing-room.

                   - "The Ryans & the Pittmans"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 12:18 AM

When the little devils saw Stackolee,
They ran right up the wall,
Saying, Daddy, come help us quick,
Before he kills us all!

Stackolee said to the Devil,
Put your pitchfork on the shelf,
'Cause I'm mean old Stackolee,
And I'm gonna run this place myself.

                         - "Stackolee'

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 12:19 AM

Oh yeah - and before that:

Standing on the gallows,
Stackolee did cuss,
The judge said, Boys, better kill him quick,
Before he kills one of us.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 12:20 AM

Big Chief Buffalo Nickel,
A mighty man in his day;
Never once used a sickle,
To clear the bushes away.

             - "Big Chief Buffalo Nickel"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 12:23 AM

Then there's "Good old General Guinness, of the Dublin Boozeliers".

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 12:36 AM

And there's "Jock McGraw, the stou'est man in the Forty-Twa":

The wind may blaw,
The cock may craw,
The rain may rain,
And the snaw may snaw,
But you'll never frighten(?) Jock McGraw,
He's the stou'est man in the Forty-Twa.

And in the 'grand review', some dignitary scratches his neck and says, "Upon my soul, I thought that man was a telegraph pole!"

And:

Bold O'Donahue
Big Joe Mufferaw
Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor
Popeye the Sailorman

Subject: Lyr Add: PECOS BILL
From: kendall
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 07:53 AM

meself, it is "Walk" the main boom.

Pecos Bill

Pecos Bill was quit a cowboy down in Texas
And a western superman to say the least
He was the roughest toughest critter
Never known to be a quitter
And he never had no fear of man nor beast.

refrain
So yippy yi aay yippy i o
For the toughest critter west of the Alamo.

Once he roped a raging cyclone out of nowhere
Then he straddled it and settled down with ease
While that cyclone jumped and flitted
Pecos rolled a smoke and lit it
And he tamed that onery beast down to a breeze.

repeat refrain

Once a band of painted Indians did a war dance
Pecos started shooting up their little game
He gave them redskins such a shakeup
That they jumped out of their makeup
That's how the painted desert got its name.

rep. ref.

Pecos lost his way while traveling in the desert
It was 90 miles across the burning sand
He knew he'd never reach the border
If he didn't get some water
So he got a stick and dug the Rio Grande.

rep. ref.
If there is more, I don't recall. Haven't thought of this since Roy Rogers was a teen ager.

refrain

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,HughM
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 08:02 AM

Kelly the Boy from Killanne, in the database.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 09:49 AM

'meself, it is "Walk" the main boom.'

in a version that you happen to know.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 11:14 AM

Here's one that came into my head as I was going to bed last night - maybe someone can fill in the parts I can't remember:

Johnny rose on a May morning,
Called for water to wash his hands,
He called for his two greyhounds,
To be bound in iron bands, bands,
To be bound in iron bands.

Johnny shot, and the dun-deer leapt,
But he's wounded her in the side;
Between the water[?] and the wood,
The dun-deer [laid her?] pride, pride,
The dun-deer [laid her] pride.

Johnny's ate all the venison,
And the dogs drank all the bleed;
They all lay down and fell asleep,
Asleep as they'd been deed [i.e. dead], deed,
Asleep as they'd been deed.

Then by there came a silly old man,
And a sly old man was he;
And he's away to the king's high court,
For to tell on young Johnny-ee,
For to tell on young Johnny.

As I came in [by Mony Musk?],
.............................
There I espied the bonniest youth,
Asleep between two [dogs? hounds?].

[The king's "forresters" sneak up, and start firing arrows into Johnny.]

Johnny rose out of his sleep,
And an angry man was he;
Saying the wildest beast in all this wood,
Would not [have done? do?] so by me-ee,
Would not [have done] so by me.

He's put his back against an oak,
And his foot against a stone,
.................................
He's killed them all but one, one,
He's killed them all but one.

And he's broke six of this man's ribs,
His back and his collarbone;
He's [thrown him across his horse's back],
For to bring the tidings home, home,
For to bring the tidings home.

Now Johnny's good ben-bow is broke,
His two greyhounds are slain;
His body lies in Mony Musk,
And his hunting days are deen [i.e. done], deen,
And his hunting days are deen.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about being invincible or mighty
From: kendall
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 11:28 AM

meself, think about it. How would one "reef" the main boom? You reef sails.