erik the awful

Singer:ray stevens

way back in history along the nordic coast

that was the sound all the people feared the most

it would echo thru the night up and down the foggy fj-ord

it was erik and the bloodthirsty horde!

erik the awful

the brutal and tenacious

erik the awful

the ruthless and courageous

subtle as a chainsaw

lacking all the social graces

you can run

but you cannot hide!

yes! and as the oars of the sleek

fierce viking ship cut thru the water like

knives thru the fog-shrouded nordic sea

transporting the wild

marauding

band of viking heathens stealthily towards their unsuspecting

slumbering

victims

there he stood

on the foredeck

erik the awful

the wildest

bloodthirstiest viking of them all!

he had a hairy head

a hairy face

hairy chest

hairy legs

hairy boots and a

hairy hat

shaped like a big bullet with horns comin' out the sides.and

once he started after ya he'd never stop!

he'd turn to his oarsmen in his 37 oared fj-ord and he'd say: morden borden fjorden gorden!" which was viking for: "ya-hoo!

Lyric Context: erik the awful - ray stevens