I Saw a Dragon

A dragon! A dragon!

I swear I saw a dragon!

A green and seething fire-breathing monster is in sight

With eyes of red, a lion's head and wings as dark as night

Oh, he has a jaw of gleaming teeth! He's fifty feet in height!

It's true! It's true!

Oh, what are we to do?

It's true! It's true!

He'll break us all in two!

Oh, he's coming in, his great big fin is right against the door

So board up all the windows and get down on the floor!

A dragon! A dragon!

I swear I saw a dragon!

His tail lashing, he'll be smashing every shop in town

With scaly feet, he'll crack the street and tear the steeple down

It's not some loony dream, I heard a scream from Sheriff Brown!

It's true! It's true!

Oh, what are we to do?

It's true! It's true!

Ol' Lampy's in a stew!

A dragon! A dragon!

Ol' Lampy saw a dragon!

He's bleary-eyed!

He's ossified!

He's tighter than a tick!

He had too much to drink today, so call the doctor quick

I better take him home to bed before you make him sick!

We're sunk! We're sunk!

Go on with ya, you're drunk!

A dragon! A dragon!

He says he saw a dragon!

The game is done, you've had your fun, my dad's been through enough

So won't you all behave yourselves? I don't want any guff

You're like a bunch of little boys who play at being tough

You'll see! You'll see! You've met your match in me!

Oh, you always jeer and laugh and sneer, but look across the square!

All right, we'll go and take a look

Good lord

Good lord

There's absolutely nothing anywhere

It was there!

A dragon! A dragon!

I swear there was a dragon!

You're off your hinges, all those binges put you in a haze

You crazy fools, it's all your doggone fault he's in a daze!

Let go of me! Let go of me! Amend your wicked ways!

What makes you think there ever was

You know there never

Never, never, never, never

Never, never, never, never

Never was a dragon!

A dragon!