The Wawel Dragon

by Daniel Kelly – 2025

      G
The dragon under Wawel hill,
                        D
He had a taste for maidens,
King Krak had fed him sheep and cows,
                              G
But young girls he was cravin’
      G
The knights and lords across the land,
                        C
In their suits of armour bright,
                        G
They came to fight the dragon,
            D           G
But got burnt by fire bright,

      C                 G
Dragon on the banks the Vistula,
     D                     G
Dragon eats a virgin every day,
      C                       G
Dragon turns brave men into fried bacon,
      D                             G
The dragon that just will not go away.

The king’s daughter was Wanda,
The last virgin in the land,
She’d rather not be eaten,
So she came up with a plan,

Whichever man could slay the beast,
She would be his prize,
But the dragon wouldn’t fall by might,
The victor must be wise,

Dratewka was a shoemaker,
But a chemist on the side,
He sewed some tar and sulphur,
into a dead sheep’s hide,

The dragon ate the morsel,
Which made his throat so dry,
One gulp from the Vistula,
Blew the evil worm sky high,

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