The Hunting of the Snark movie - The Escapade lyrics
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(Beaver)<br>
It seems to me,<br>
We have landed in a lonely place<br>
Where the sun won't shine of its own volition,<br>
And this crazy mission<br>
May just be a wild goose chase.<br>
We've sailed for years,<br>
And we find ourselves upon this beach<br>
Searching for some beast from the realms of fiction,<br>
It's a wild addiction for something we'll never reach.<br>
<br>
(Bellman + Crew)<br>
Pay no heed to the faint of heart!<br>
Don't let these words of weakness fool you...<br>
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Ignore these words of dismay,<br>
Don't let the chance slip away<br>
This is the time to be strong!<br>
The chips are down, the hunt is on!<br>
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(Guitar section and Main Theme)<br>
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There was one who was famed for the number of things<br>
He forgot when he entered the ship:<br>
His umbrella, his watch, all his jewels and ring,<br>
And the clothes he had bought for the trip.<br>
<br>
He had forty-two boxes all carefully packed,<br>
With his name painted clearly on each;<br>
But, since he omitted to mention the fact,<br>
They were all left behind on the beach.<br>
<br>
He came as a Baker; but owned, when too late -<br>
And it drove the poor Bellman half mad -<br>
He could only bake Bridecake - for which I may state,<br>
No materials were to be had.<br>
<br>
(Baker)<br>
I came as the Baker on this escapade,<br>
I knead the dough, but I can't look after the bread,<br>
The Banker does it instead,<br>
And although I never feel afraid,<br>
Somehow I know<br>
It could be the single worst mistake I've ever made,<br>
To come as the Baker on this escapade.<br>
<br>
(Butcher)<br>
I came as the Butcher on this escapade,<br>
Without the heart for moving in for the kill,<br>
It makes me want to be ill,<br>
But my orders have to be obeyed;<br>
Though I take part,<br>
I'm not the one on whom the blame should all be laid,<br>
I'm only the Butcher on this escapade.<br>
<br>
He came as a Butcher: but gravely declared,<br>
When the ship had been sailing a week;<br>
He could only kill Beavers. The Bellman looked scared,<br>
And was almost too freightened to speak.<br>
<br>
But at length he explained, in a tremulous tone,<br>
There was only one Beaver on board;<br>
And that was a tame one he had of his own,<br>
Whose death would be deeply deplored.<br>
<br>
(Beaver)<br>
I came as the Beaver on this escapade,<br>
Though I must say, I'm only here for the fun,<br>
An optimist on the run,<br>
I'm not lost, I've only been mislaid,<br>
I know one day<br>
I'll find the sun, though now I'm walking in the shade,<br>
I'm only the Beaver on this escapade.<br>
<br>
(Main Theme)<br>
<br>
They roused him with muffins - they roused him with ice -<br>
They roused him with mustard and cress -<br>
They roused him with jam and judicous advice -<br>
They set him conundrums to guess.<br>
<br>
When at length he sat up and was able to speak<br>
His sad story he offered to tell;<br>
And the Bellman cried "Silence! Not even a shriek!"<br>
And excitedly tingled his bell.<br>
<br>
"I skip forty years," said the Baker, in tears,<br>
"And proceed without further remark<br>
To the day when you took me aboard of your ship<br>
To help you in hunting the Snark.<br>
<br>
"A dear uncle of mine (after whom I was named)<br>
Remarked, when I bade him farewell -"<br>
"Ok, skip your dear uncle!" the Bellman exclaimed,<br>
As he angrily tingled his bell.<br>
<br>
"He remarked to me then," said that mildest of men,<br>
"If your Snark be a Snark, that is right:<br>
Fetch it home by all means - you may serve it with greens,<br>
And it's handy for striking a light.<br>
<br>
"But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,<br>
If your Snark be a Boojum! For then<br>
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,<br>
And never be met with again!"<br>
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