The Riff Song (From "The Desert Song") - 1989 Remastered

Over the ground
 there comes a sound
 it is the drum, drum, drum of hoof-beats in the sand.
 Quiver with fear
 if you are near
 it is the thunder of the "shadow" and his band.
 And all who plunder learn to understand, to understand:
 the cry of
 Ho!
 so we sing as we are riding
 ho!
 it's a time you best be hiding low,
 it means the riffs are abroad,
 go,
 before you've bitten the sword.
 ho!
 that's the sound that comes to warn you.
 so!
 in the night or early morning, you know,
 if you're the "red shadow's" foe,
 the riffs will strike with a blow,
 that brings you woe.
 Ho!
 so we sing as we are riding
 ho!
 it's a time you best be hiding low,
 it means the riffs are abroad,
 go,
 before you've bitten the sword.
 ho!
 that's the sound that comes to warn you.
 so!
 in the night or early morning, you know,
 if you're the "red shadow's" foe,
 the riffs will strike with a blow,
 that brings you woe.