Lyrics Narwhal, The Continuing Story of the Unicorn - The Irish Rovers

We told you how the unicorns were stranded on the shore
As the Ark sailed away forevermore.
But have you heard the tale how they chased and swam away
And they're splishin' and a splashin' to this day?
It rained 40 days. It rained 40 nights
'Till the waters covered everything in sight.
The unicorns were frightened, and crying out in vain,
"Heaven help us from the pouring rain!"
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, swimmin' fancy-free
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free in mystic revelry!
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, majestic as can be,
The narwhal is the rarest in the deep blue sea!
When God saw the Ark drifting on the tide,
He said, "Are my unicorns inside?"
But Noah said, "Oh Lord, it grieves me heart full sore,
They were playin' and they wouldn't come on board."
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, swimmin' fancy-free,
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free in mystic revelry!
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, majestic as can be,
The narwhal is the rarest in the deep blue sea!
The Lord loved his unicorns and heard their plaintive cries,
Sayin', "I can't bear to leave them there to die!"
"So here's what I'll do, for this wasn't meant to be,
I'll make their new command the deep blue sea!"
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, swimmin' fancy-free,
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free in mystic revelry!
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, majestic as can be,
The narwhal is the rarest in the deep blue sea!
He changed them into narwhals to escape the raging flow,
And they swam away up to the ice and snow.
The Arctic is their home where the frolic wild and free,
And they're called the unicorns of the sea!
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, swimmin' fancy-free,
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free in mystic revelry!
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, majestic as can be,
The narwhal is the rarest in the deep blue sea!
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, swimmin' fancy-free,
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free in mystic revelry!
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, majestic as can be,
The narwhal is the rarest in the deep blue sea!
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, swimmin' fancy-free,
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free in mystic revelry!
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, majestic as can be,
The narwhal is the rarest in the deep blue sea!
The narwhal is the rarest in the deep blue sea!