The Knights Who Say "Ni!"
Words by Nancy Louise Freeman © 1993
TTTO Pride of Chanur by Leslie Fish


    D         F           C        A
Our forest is veiled in a misty verdure
    D            F         G            A
And riddled with perils to thwart the impure
       D                      F
Yet we gaze in dismay on this ludicrous pair
       C                   A
As the clopping of coconut shells fills the air
      D         G                C        A
Stiff legged he prances straight into our lair
      D         C                D
Right up to the Knights Who Say "Ni!"


Chorus:
D          C                D  G
We are the Knights Who Say "Ni!"
              F           A
Collectors of fine shrubbery
    D           G          C          A
Our helmets are silly, our herring is fresh
    D          C                D
For we are the Knights Who Say "Ni!"


    D          F           C            A
Now this is no peasant; he knows how to scrub
      D           F           G       A
Knows witches are ducks; recognizes a shrub.
   D                           F
In bearing and speech he seems rather a twit
       C                        A
But he must be a King; he's not covered with [spit]
    D            G            C                A
But what if this King were to say the word... "it"?
     D             C                D
"Sod off!" cry the Knights Who Say "Ni!"


Chorus:
D          C                D  G
     We are the Knights Who Say "Ni!"
              F           A
     Collectors of fine shrubbery
    D          G            C         A
     Our voices are squeaky, our codpieces pinch
    D          C                D
     For we are the Knights Who Say "Ni!"


    D         F                C          A
Now this is a curse, therefore from it we quail
    D              F       G         A
And here comes Sir Robin demanding a Grail.
       D                      F
Should we play the coward and meekly give in
     C                           A
Once more let the Knights of the Round Table win?
      D         G            C      A
We've done it before, we can do it again!
     D             C                D
"Why not?" say the Knights Who Say "Ni!"

Chorus:
D           C                 D  G
     We were the Knights Who Said "Ni!"
              F           A
     Collectors of fine shrubbery
    D         G               C      A
     Our name is unblemished--it's also unsung--
    D          C               (tacet)
     For we are the Knights Who Say "Ecky ecky ecky p'TANG zow."