{"id":1554,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/the-heilan-man"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"the-heilan-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/the-heilan-man\/","title":{"rendered":"THE HEILAN’ MAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ten thousand Roman soldiers to the Heilands they came north
\nAnd they had conquered everything from the Tiber to the Forth.
\nThey camped beside Loch Lomond, for the night they thought they’d lie,
\nBut somewhere on the Cobbler hill they heard this terrible cry:<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nGrigalie! Grigaloo!
\nCome up and fight, you cowardly crew!
\nI’ll have you for my pot of stew!
\nYou fear to fight with me!<\/p>\n

On top stood a bearded Heilan’ man with a kilt and a big claymore
\nHe looked a bit ferocious, so old Caesar sent up four.
\nThen he sat down for dinner by the bright light of the moon,
\nBut he lost his taste for vino when four heads come rollin’ doon.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Then Caesar sent Marc Antony wi’ another fifty five.
\n“Gae bring to me that rascal’s head, or I’ll have you stewed alive.”
\nThey heard the clash of metal until the night was done,
\nBut again they heard this terrible cry by the rising of the sun.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Then Caesar sent a thousand men, this Heilan’ man to crack,
\nBut out of all the thousand, there was only one came back.
\n“Oh, Caesar!” cried the soldier, wi’ his head all black and blue,
\n“The rascal has been lying! There’s not just one, there’s two!”<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

So Caesar picked his suitcase up and he ran southwards then
\nHe was doin’ eighty miles an hour, but he couldn’t catch his men
\nNow maybe ye will wonder why I’ve told this tale at all
\nWell, it has a simple moral, an’ they call it\u2026Hadrian’s Wall!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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