Lyrics:

There's a story about a King Knüt,
How all the gladhanders he rebuked.

Down to the sea we must go, says he.
There to see if the waves will know.

The clouds are mighty & the sea is firm.
He makes a stand on the shingled berm.
'Turn away! Turn away! Turn away,' he cries.
'Tell me,' says he, 'How the tide replies.'

There's a story about a King Knüt.
How all of the gladhanders he rebuked.

Say what you will and do as you must.
Deeds are alive when the man turns to dust.