The Ballad Of The Gliding Swan (The Swan On The River)
Tenderly William kissed his wife,
Then he opened her head with a butcher's knife
And the swan on the river went gliding by
The swan on the river went gliding by.
Lady Margaret's pillow was wet with tears
Nobody's been on it in twenty years
And the swan on the river goes gliding by
The swan on the river goes gliding by.
Little Billy Brown will shake with fright
He has a new daddy and mommy every night
And the swan on the river goes laughin' by
The swan on the river goes laughin' by.
"I've got a sad surprise", the doctor said
"A twenty-pound baby without any head"
And the swan on the river…
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