Gather good people, the young and the old To hear of a traveler, daring and bold He served in the wars, in a great naval fleet With cudgel and girdle, and wings on his feet They say he was born of a god or a nymph Left as a babe on a Pedestal's plinth Only the blessed had such speed and such skill And never was seen, a boy with more will Refrain Centaur and Harpy cower in fear As our hero draws near, Foes ready their spears But he runs in with haste, And they look on his face And see that his spirit is marked by the fates If he comes by a cyclops, furious and red Who threatens to crush his bones into bread Our hero relies on the shape of his brain And attempts every parting with minimal pain He knows in the past, these giants were tricked Robbed of their flocks, blinded with sticks He thinks for the grace of the gods stumble I So even to monsters, he's humble and kind Centaur and Harpy cower in fear As our hero draws near, Foes ready their spears But he runs in with haste, And they look on his face And see that his spirit is marked by the fates When the boy became man, with chest toned and broad He crafted a plan to find goddess or god That left him alone, with such spirit and need He beseeched the blind poet, and followed each lead So he came to the briny caves, close to the sea And saw who had spawned his divine destiny A twenty-limbed kraken, with human-like hands Though he buckled in horror, he'd soon understand Centaur and Harpy cower in fear As our hero draws near, Foes ready their spears But he runs in with haste, And they look on his face And see that his spirit is marked by the fates His sire, or dame, he wasn't quite sure Pointed him to a shallow pool carved in the floor And he saw as he peered in that burbling ooze The truth of his birth was no longer confused And he knew that he must learn, and come back and teach Each of siblings, whether tadpole and leech And he knew why he feared not what old laws forbid Things are less fearful, when your mother's a squid Verse / Em D C Em / C D G G / / Em D C Em / C D G G / Refrain: / Em D / C / G / / Em D / C / G / End: / C D Em Em /