Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby Iii Lyrics - Singles - Klaatu

Act 1 

Well do you get the itching to 

Trek about the latitudes? 

You do? 

Well, likely you're a chip off old Sir Rugglesby 

Oh, he was quite the sporting sort 

Behind his cup of tea he'd snort, 

"I'll wager on the line 

Ten thousand pounds of fine 

I'm the only man who'll ever get to hell and come back alive." 

Act II 

Now in the fall of '49 

He skipped across the seven brine 

This time looking for a berth in naval history 

"Twas never heard nor seen again 

Officially presumed as dead 

But the words he left behind 

Still echo through my mind: 

"I'm the only man who'll ever get to hell and come back alive." 

He's the only man who'd ever get to hell and come back alive. 

So off he went around the world... 

Intermission 

Act III 

Then one night while tripping down the English coast 

The moon was whiter than a ghost almost 

When I heard a voice yell through a megaphone 

And thereupon the midnight sea 

A signal lamp signaled me 

I could feel my blood run cold 

As the message did decode: 

"I'm the only man who'll ever get to hell and come back alive." 

Well who else could it be 

But good old Rugglesby? 

He's the only man who'd ever get to hell and come back alive. 

Yes he's the only man (he's the only one) 

Who's ever gone and been (who's been and gone) 

To hell and come back 

Hell and come 

To hell and come back alive 

The End