One Grey man with toil and care
I have never been known to lie sir,
Caught a moonbeam out of the air
Ahh but that could never be true.
Two grey men with devilish skill,
I have never been known to lie sir,
Bent that moonbeam to their will.
Ahh but that could never be true
They weighed and measured and gave it a name,
Wrote a book and they rose to fame,
Facts and figures they all unfurled,
Now we will amaze the world.
Three grey men with trembling hands,
I have never been known to lie sir,
Held the sun at their command.
Ahh but that could never be true.
Four grey men were devilish pleased,
I have never been known to lie sir,
Rose in the west and set in the east.
Ahh but that could never be true.
And in came the ghost of lady gay,
With a little back boy and list to say,
You cast the sun a much to bright,
We will not let you sleep at night.
Five grey men hid down in a vault
I have never been known to lie sir,
They swore that it was not their fault.
Ahh but that could never be true.
Six grey men with the devil to pay,
I have never been known to lie sir,
They won't do that again they say.
Ahh but that could never be true.
Seven grey men count up to ten,
Then they count back down again.
Six grey men grew very rich,
One cut his throat in a frozen ditch.
Those grey men are dead and gone,
I have never been known to lie sir,
I have come to end of the song.
Ahh but that could never be true.
