Oh, the year was 1876*
How I wish I was in Bayreuth now,
When Wagner with his pen did sing
They cycle of songs they call “The Ring.”
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Götterdἃmmerung!
I was told The Nibelung made a ring of gold, You’ll feel the fire,
Shed some tears
When the Valkyries ride with their steel brassieres
And the voice of Siegfried fills your ears.
Now, Albrerich was the Nibelung king
How I wish I was in Bayreuth now,
When Loge and Wotan, sly and bold,
Stole back from him the Rhinemaidens’ gold.
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Oh, when Sigmund came to Hunding’s hall,
How I wish I was in Bayreuth now,
For his outlawry he was forced to pay
When he got his sister in the family way.
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The Valkyries rode from Valhalla high
How I wish I was in Bayreuth now,
When Brünnhilde became her dad’s defier,
He put her on a mountain on a flaming pyre.
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Now, Fafner lived in a dank, dark cave
How I wish I was in Bayreuth now,
Young Siegfried came to call one day
And with his new-forged sword the dragon did slay
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He sucked on his thumb and the birds did speak
How I wish I was in Bayreuth now,
Siegfried leapt the flames on the word of a dove
And he and Brünnhilde sang duets of love
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But the lovers soon fell on the curse of the ring
How I wish I was in Bayreuth now,
Siegfried had a little drink and forgot his wife’s name
In the end, then, everything goes up in flames.
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So here I sit in the twenty-third tier
How I wish I was in Bayreuth now,
A fortune small I’ve been forced to pay
And to catch the bloody opera tales four whole days
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