Side by Side
There stood a house upon the hill
Hullabaloo belay
Hullabaloo belah belay
And in this house eight men did dwell
Hullabaloo belay
One stood up and shook his fist
"I'll get stronger than the rest"
He first began to cheat and steal
He then set fire to their fields
They turned their heads and let him be
Then he upped and murdered three
It made no difference where he stood
He left a footprint red with blood
He murdered three and wanted more
He turned upon the other four
But when this murder he did try
He found them standing side by side
Side by side they fought that day
They left his bones to rot away
This is the ending of my song
One was weak but four were strong
Writer/s: Traditional, Arthure Stern
