作词 : William Lindsay Cuming 作曲 : William Lindsay Cuming Hold me closer, hold me closer There once was a man who would fight Swords breathing fire in the night He’d go down town just to hang around And wait there with greedy delight He’d pick em all off one by one Their toes and their fingers and their thumbs He was swift as a bird, not a whimper was heard As he cut out their heart and their lungs Never would they lift their brow At the butcher with his shop up town A legitimate trade where he’d need such a blade His secret would never be found Many compliments arrived of his meat A line out the door, down the street They’d rave of the flavour amid wild behaviour, As they pushed for the last of his treats Then all the other butchers closed down Till he was the sole one in town A hundred he’d slaughtered to fill such an order Suspicion began to arouse All united in defeat His rivals began to complete The pieces of the puzzle and vowed to make rubble This evil man and his upkeep They called him in the shop the next day Told customers for what they had paid They spat and they choked and they set to turn smoke Upon him and what stood in their way But the man wouldn’t lie down and die He wielded flame for them six feet high He’d twist and he’d turn, and he’d slash and he’d burn Stained his tiles a rich crimson dye With a majestic swing from his wrist The room would be red as girls’ lips Eyes on the floor as he walked out that door And the rest of his life was bliss