| David was a young blood. |
| David was a stripling
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| But he looked like the jungle boy. |
| That was talked about by Kipling
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| Well, he looked like a jungle boy and he sang like a bird
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| (But the fought like the devil when his temper got stirred)
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| When David was attending sheep for his pa
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| Somebody hollered, I think it was his ma
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| She said «Hurry to the field with this little-bitty sack
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| I want you to take it to your Brothers, but hurry right back»
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| Now David took his lunch box, and off he hurried
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| And there he saw the Israelites lookin' right worried
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| When he asked them what the problem was
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| They pointed to the prairie
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| There he saw a sight to make an elephant scary
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| Oh, there he saw Goliath, champion of Gath
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| He roared in his anger, howled in his wrath
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| Oh, he was stronger than a lion
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| He was taller than a tree
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| Little David had to tiptoe just to reach up to his knee
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| «Come on!» |
| said the giant, raging and striding
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| «Bring out your strongmen from where y' got 'em hiding
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| Drag out your champions from under the bunks
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| I’ll feed 'em to the buzzards, the lizards and the skunks»
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| Now David heard him bragging, and said, «I declare
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| That giant’s got an awful lot of mouth up there»
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| So he strolled to the brook, and he picked up a pebble
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| It was smooth as ice, but hard as a devil
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| He starts out for the giant, dancing on his toes
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| He was whirling away with his slingshot
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| He was singing a song like so… goes:
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| «Rock of ages, cleft for me» — like so
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| The giant looks at David and lets out a laugh
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| He laughs like a tiger being sassed by a cat
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| He laughs like a hyena, grins from ear to ear
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| Ba-Ba-Ba-Bangin' on his armor with his ten-foot spear
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| He stars (starts) out for David, bangin' and a-clankin'
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| He said, «Come here, Junior! |
| I’m gonna give you a spankin'!»
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| David took his slingshot, and swung it 'round his head
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| Out flew that pebble and the giant dropped
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| (He dropped dead) — dead!
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| (You know little David made a — good shot!) |