ORCHESTRA AND MALE CHORUS CONDUCTED BY NORMAN LEYDEN VOCALS BY VAUGHN MONROE(VM) AND CHORUS (CH) (VM) I SING OF HERCULES HE-RO-IC HERCULES THE MIGHTY LABOR DID HE DO (CH) MIGHTY HERCULES (VM) HE JUMPED A LION WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS AND CARRIED HIM BACK TO TOWN HE TANGLED NEXT WITH A NINE HEADED SNAKE AND WON THAT MATCH HANDS DOWN BUT IT TOOK HIM A YEAR BUT HE CAUGHT THE STAG WITH THE FABULOUS GOLDEN HORNS AND HE HUNTED AND CAP'T A FEROCIOUS BOAR WITH TUSKS AS SHARP AS THORNS (VM&CH)YES THAT WAS HERCULES HE-RO-IC HERCULES STRONGER THAN ANY MAN EVER SINCE TIME BEGAN (VM) HE CHANGED THE COURSE OF A RIVER OR TWO IN THE SPACE OF A SINGLE DAY HE CAUGHT A PLAGUE OF RAVENOUS BIRDS AND HE DROVE THEM ALL AWAY HE WRESTLED A FIERCE AND POWERFUL BULL TIL THE BULL WAS ROPED AND TIED THEN BATTLED A HERD OF MAN EATING MARES AND SCATTERED THEM FAR AND WIDE. (VM&CH)YES THAT WAS HERCULES HE-RO-IC HERCULES STRONGER THAN ANY MAN EVER SINCE TIME BEGAN (AN ORCHESTRAL INTERLUDE. THEN;) (CH) MIGHTY HERCULES (VM) HE STOLE THE SASH FROM AROUND THE WAIST OF A STATELY AMAZON TREE AND HE STOLE ALL THE CATTLE FROM THE MOST INCREDIBLE MONSTER EVER SEEN HE FOUND THOSE GOLDEN APPLES THAT WERE HIDDEN AWAY SO WELL AND LAST ABOUT LEAST CAUGHT THE THREE HEADED BEAST THAT GUARDED THE GATES OF HELL (VM&CH)YES THAT WAS HERCULES HE-RO-IC HERCULES STRONGER THAN ANY MAN EVER SINCE TIME BEGAN