Lizard The Handsome Family

[Verse 1]
Granny Green was stooped as a windblown branch
She lived high in the Bramble forest
Once a fortnight if the moon shown right
She came down to our little village
She brought blackberries and willow bark
Mandrake root and mushrooms
And it was said she spoke the tongue of birds
And understood the river's whispers
Now several girls among our town
By a golden lizard they were bitten
And those sweet girls lay stiff in their beds
Like frozen ice upon the branches

[Verse 2]
Granny Green mixed a tonic for their ills
But it was such a bitter tonic
That all who drank began to dance
And could not stop their dancing
But none would have danced one sinful step
If that old crone had not bewitched us

[Verse 3]
How we leaped and pranced and cackled
The whole town writhing madmen
And so desperate grew some to still their feet
They dove into the raging river
Still we danced all day and night
Til our fine clothes were torn and ragged
And crying out "Oh, Lord, make us stop!"
We danced naked around the chapel