The Rat Smacker's Tale

[Verse] By the riverbank in Sparrowtown Where the sunlight dapples down Lived a man with an iron cane They called him Smacker With no disdain [Verse 2] Oh He was a wanderer Had no land But his stories lit up like burning sand One dark night 'neath a fever moon Rodents swarmed Spelling out ruin [Chorus] Smack Smack Went the cane Through the fog Through the rain Old Smacker's name Always the same Left his mark Turned rats lame [Verse 3] Folk whispered tales 'bout his mighty swing How he'd turn a rampage into nothing "Beware the wretch " the rodents learned For each strike Safe homes were earned [Verse 4] Legends grow with every telling In taverns where ale is welling Smacker’s tale So rough and true Keeps the rats from towns anew [Chorus] Smack Smack Went the cane Through the fog Through the rain Old Smacker's name Always the same Left his mark Turned rats lame