KID BEOWULF He heard their cries across the sea our Beo of the sword And with his pack of Geats set out to kill the beast for a golden hoard Mighty Old King Hrothgar sighed relief when Geats arrived ol Familiar with the war tribe he sought the demon's quick demise The scent of human flesh wafted in from the salty shore And Grendel went a bounding he took delight in feasting more Then Grendel saw this Beowulf he looked different from the others Something odd something amiss in another life they could be brothers
the BLOOD Bound oath They locked arms in the mead hall the monster and his slayer And fought for one long night til an arm cracked and teared Grendel screeched Grendel brayed He howled at the moon But Beowulf kept tugging the sinews snapped in certain doom The hero held aloft the arm like a trophy to the sky The monster loped back to his swamp to lay down and die And mead flowed back in Herot Dane and Geat embraced as brothers How could they have known the Grendel had a mother
Kid Beowulf She came clawing from the banks revenge stirred her heart She would find the beast called man and rip them all apart There asleep in Herot lay the drunken Danes And high among the rafters the arm from her son of Cain She shred down the door She shrieked a harsh alarm She took the arm and a dumb Dane to take him back and do some harm Soon the rumors spread Not one fiend but two They rallied round Beowulf who knew just what to do
the BLOOD Bound oath He took a breath and dove down deep to the bottom of the lake He tracked the she beast to her lair a fire swamp full of snakes He emerged from the shallows to find a cave full of treasure There she was tall and fierce to defeat her No small measure He drew his sword and swung it hard the blade sung inside the room But when it hit her thorny hide it splintered Crack THOOM She grabbed him by his throat much stronger than her son She tossed him at the treasure he landed bruised far flung
