The Return of the Giant Hogweed lyrics

Turn and run

Nothing can stop them

Around every river and canal

Their power is growing

Stamp them out

We must destroy them

They infiltrate each city

With their thick dark warning odour

They are invincible

They seem immune to all our herbicidal battering

Long ago in the Russian hills

A Victorian explorer found

The regal Hogweed by a marsh

He captured it and brought it home

Botanical creature stirs

Seeking revenge

Royal beast did not forget

He came home to London

And made a present of the Hogweed

To the Royal Gardens at Kew

Waste no time

They are approaching

Hurry now

We must protect ourselves

And find some shelter

Strike by night

They are defenseless

They all need the sun to photosensitize their venom

Still they're invincible

Still they're immune to all our herbicidal battering

Fashionable country gentlemen

Had some cultivated wild gardens

In which they innocently planted

The Giant Hogweed throughout the land

Botanical creature stirs

Seeking revenge

Royal beast did not forget

Soon they escaped, spreading their seed

Preparing for an onslaught

Threatening the human race

Mighty Hogweed is avenged

Human bodies soon will know our anger

Kill them with your hogweed hairs

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