Tuesday, June 26, 2012

"What Do You Do With A Drunken Suitor?"

I have had some requests to share the gruesome singalong number that we used to celebrate the conclusion of the live telling of Homer's Odyssey.  Here it is, for your edification:

What Do You Do With A Drunken Suitor?
Words by Tom Lips, June 2012; tune traditional

Dedicated to the storytellers, organizers and volunteers of the June 16, 2012 live telling of Homer’s Odyssey at the NAC 4th Stage in Ottawa.

What Do You Do With A Drunken Suitor?
What Do You Do With A Drunken Suitor?
What Do You Do With A Drunken Suitor,
Ear-lye in the morning?

Refrain:
Way, hey, rosy fingers!
Way, hey, rosy fingers!
Way, hey, rosy fingers,  Ear-lye in the morning!

Rouse his lust for a noble lady,
Rouse his lust for a noble lady,
Rouse his lust for a noble lady,
Ear-lye in the morning!    (Refrain)

Slaughter some goats and roast their paunches,
Slaughter some goats and roast their paunches,
Slaughter some goats and roast their paunches,
Ear-lye in the morning!   (Refrain)

Lock up the hall and chase’im all over,
Lock up the hall and chase’im all over,
Lock up the hall and chase’im all over,
Ear-lye in the morning!    (Refrain)

Chop him up with a gory vengeance,
Chop him up with a gory vengeance,
Chop him up with a gory vengeance,
Ear-lye in the morning!  (Refrain)

(Optional Cyclops verses:)

What Do You Do With A Drunken Cyclops?
What Do You Do With A Drunken Cyclops?
What Do You Do With A Drunken Cyclops,
Ear-lye in the morning?   (Refrain)

Put out his eye with a red-hot poker,
Put out his eye with a red-hot poker,
Put out his eye with a red-hot poker,
Ear-lye in the morning!    (Refrain)

There is, of course, potential for many more verses drawing on the Battle in the Hall and the Cave of the Cyclops, but I'm sure you get the idea...