Longbone - Steeleye Span

There was a king who built a ship

And sailed away

To look for gold in the hills of scone

Far away

The only gold in the hills of scone

Is gold you’ll never own

It belongs to the giant longbone

Far away

The only gold I’ve ever known

It all belonged to the giant longbone

His teeth are sharp, his claws are long

So they say

His eyes are like a fire that burns

Far away

We will go to the hills of scone

We’ll find the giant longbone

We’ll turn him into stone

Far away

The only gold I’ve ever known

It all belonged to the giant longbone

Through the rain and through the snow

We sailed away

To the land where only fools go Far away

We stepped onto the shore

And then we heard him roar

He must have seen us We tried to hide, we tried to run

Run away

He killed the crew, he threw the boat

Far away

And then he said «We are alone

I am the giant longbone

You shold have stayed at home

Far away»

The only gold I’ve ever known

It all belonged to the giant longbone