The engineer and I began to wrestle He wouldn't let me blow the whistle when I wanted So I bounced him out the door and off a trestle Into a river that was loaded with piranha I'm rocking back & forth beneath the light bulb My chair will not sit level any more Something that I buried makes a slight bulge And my chair goes "thumpa-thumpa" on the floor... Dancing 'round the gallows in their twosomes They followed while the caller called the calls But when he hollered "Swing yer partner!" It got gruesome Down at the Hangman's Ball...