HURLY BURLY MEN
(to the tune of Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man)

By Lordan the Darklyng
Celebrating the courage and insanity of House Bheithir playing Hurly
in the horrendous thunder & lightening storm at Pennsic.
Sung by Pyotr and House Ostrov at MudThaw March, 1998

 

Dark, when the clouds rolled in on high,
Thunder, Lightening filled the sky;
Blinding rain blocked every eye,
The Bheithir Men let out their cry!

 

Tis then when the Hurly Burly men
Came swinging sticks of wood.
'Tis then when the drunken Bheithir men
Wacked anything they could...

(chorus)
Hurly Burly, Hurly Burly,
Hurly Burly they play-ay-ayed.
Hurly Burly, Hurly Burly,
Barley vetted they play-ay-ayed.

 

Sheltering in the Great Tent,
chugging Brew 'till they were bent,
The Bheithir Babes were swigging ale,
Won't be outdone by the males!

 

'Tis then when the sultry Bheithir girls
Refused to be outdone,
Tis then when the foxy Bheithir femmes
Ran out to join the fun....

 

(chorus)
Hurly Girly, Hurly 'Girly,
Power Goddess at play-ay-ay
Hurly Girly, Hurly Girly,
Women leading the way-ay-ay.

 

Funnel clouds were rumored 'round,
We all feared that they'd touch down,
Uproot trees like they were sticks,
This could be our Last Pennsic!

 

Tis then when the Hurly Burly men
Went running out to play...
Tis then when the drunken Bheithir men
Let nothing bar their way..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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