%% Original poem by Auden
  The O -- gre does what o -- gres can,
  Deeds quite im -- pos -- si -- ble for Man,
  But one prize is be -- yond his reach
  The O -- gre can -- not mas -- ter Speech.
  A -- bout a sub -- ju -- ga -- ted plain,
  A -- mong its des -- pe -- rate and slain,
  The O -- gre stalks with hands on hips,
  While dri -- vel gu -- shes from his lips.

  %% Sequel by Faré
  A mid -- get comes for -- ward and greets
  Great King oh let me sing your feats
  The O -- gre, flat -- t'red, in a stir,
  Cre -- ates the dwarf his Mi -- ni -- ster.
  Now dwarfs are dukes while o -- gres reign
  And as the tor -- tured scream in vain % tortured, conquered, victims. Nope: suppliced.
  A -- top the rot -- ting flesh and flies
  A dwarf will laugh at man's de -- mise.

  %% Sequel to the Sequel, again by Faré
  To -- day is No -- ble who bears sign
  Of blood from O -- gre, mid -- get, line
  We'll mock or jail who'll dare to tell
  Our Foun -- ding O -- gre was -- n't swell
  At School when chil -- dren learn to read
  The Mid -- get's ho -- ly word's their creed.
  The mo -- ral taught, fol -- low the lead % lesson taught is lexically better, moral taught semantically
  Of Ev' -- ry Sa -- vior O -- gre's Deed.



  %% Translation to French
  The Ogre does what ogres can,
  Deeds quite impossible for Man,
  L'Ogre accomplit ce qu'Ogre peut
  Faits pour un homme im-pos-si-bles

  But one prize is beyond his reach
  The Ogre cannot master Speech.


  About a subjugated plain,
  Among its desperate and slain,
  The Ogre stalks with hands on hips,
  While drivel gushes from his lips.


  The Ogre does what ogres can,
  Deeds quite impossible for Man,
  But one prize is beyond his reach
  The Ogre cannot master Speech.
  About a subjugated plain,
  Among its desperate and slain,
  The Ogre stalks with hands on hips,
  While drivel gushes from his lips.

  %% Sequel by Faré
  A midget comes forward and greets
  Great King oh let me sing your feats
  The Ogre, flatt'red, in a stir,
  Creates the dwarf his Minister.
  Now dwarfs are dukes while ogres reign
  And as the tortured scream in vain % tortured, conquered, victims. Nope: suppliced.
  Atop the rotting flesh and flies
  A dwarf will laugh at man's demise.

  %% Sequel to the Sequel, again by Faré
  Today is Noble who bears sign
  Of blood from Ogre, midget, line
  We'll mock or jail who'll dare to tell
  Our Founding Ogre wasn't swell
  At School when children learn to read
  The Midget's holy word's their creed.
  The moral taught, follow the lead % lesson taught is lexically better, moral taught semantically
  Of Ev'ry Savior Ogre's Deed.