Queen - Ogre Battle Lyrics






Now once upon a time - an old man told me a fable
When the piper is gone - and the soup is cold on your table
And if the black crow flies to find a new destination - that is the sign
Come tonight
Come to the ogre sight
Come to the ogre-battle-fight

He gives a great big cry and he can swallow up the ocean
With a mighty tongue he catches flies - the palm of his hand is incredible
One great big eye - has a focus in your direction
Now the battle is on
Yeah yeah yeah
Come tonight
Come to the ogre sight
Come to the ogre-battle-fight

The ogre men are still inside
The two-way mirror mountain
Gotta keep down right out of sight
You can't see in but they can see out
"Keep a look out"
The ogre-men are coming out
From the two-way mirror mountain
They're running up behind you and they're coming all about
Can't go east 'cos you gotta go south

Ogre-men are going home
And the great big fight is over
Bugle blow, the trumpet cry
Ogre battle lives for ever more
You can come along
You can come along
Come to ogre battle





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  1. S.... K....

    Underrated.

  2. D.... B....

    so from here it came out speedwagon

  3. D.... C....

    What a song 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

  4. b.... y....

    Is this shrek?

  5. A.... S....

    You thought it was another Jojoke, but I have to ask you this question:




    What are you doing in my swamp?

  6. F.... G....

    Freddie plays all the guitars on this track. Amazing.

  7. S.... ....

    don’t worry we’re safe from the wrong generation knuckle heads here

  8. b.... c....

    A N64 and SNES Game....
    JoJo....
    Metal fans....

    And....Shrek Fans....

    The ultimate crossover

  9. T.... C....

    That last shriek that starts around 3:20, is that Roger or Freddie?

    T.... C....

    Tyler Crockett it’s Freddie

  10. S.... ....

    Stand Master: S H R E K
    Stand Name: O G R E B A T T L E

  11. R.... W....

    this aint no song foe snowflakes

  12. d.... a....

    I,Speedwagon, shall not have any harm to this song!

  13. A.... _....

    Usualmente no suelo oir música con el volumen alto, pero creo que sería un crimen si no lo hago con esta canción.

  14. M.... S....

    Ogre Battle must be the most underrated Queen 11 song for sure!

  15. K.... S....

    Somebody once told me!







    That Za Warudo's gonna roll me.

    K.... S....

    *_RODO RORRA DAAAA!!!_*

    K.... S....

    @Deen Said So it's the same type of Stand as Star Platinum.

  16. H.... H....

    So many highlights on this album
    Like this one

  17. R.... S....

    If dislike The video, It's a elf

  18. W.... F....

    Q I & II IS the Quintessential Queen, the True Queen Style and Sound written from their Hearts and before they had no choice but to soften it up and water it down a bit for mainstream airplay. Had they not needed money so desperately I SMH at What May Have Been from this band in the latter 70's and 80's

  19. S.... L....

    I remember that one time shrek threw his hat at farquaad and got kicked in the head.

  20. m.... r....

    SOY Puto

  21. M.... H....

    1:08 Furry alert :D

  22. M.... C....

    I never heard this song before, but it's very rocky and i love it. Keep on rocking guys.

  23. H.... ....

    Didn't know Freddy played RPG

  24. A.... A....

    Me gusta

  25. M.... B....

    This will always remind me of an SNES game that was way too complex for me to understand how to beat as a 7 year old. But nowadays... BRING IT!

  26. D.... P....

    Canny use of tape-reverse during intro here.

  27. B.... M....

    Yo holy shit this goes hard

  28. J.... H....

    DreamWorks should regret putting Joan Jett over Queen because this should’ve been a staple.

  29. M.... T....

    Roger's falsetto is incredible. And as with a lot of Queen's songs, the music is unbelievable. Not just the lyrics, but the music itself. Fabulous!

  30. H.... '....

    I listen to this to get in character for my DND game, it's the exact thing to get ready to play a bard

  31. T.... S....

    Fun Fact: The intro is actually the outro backwards

  32. A.... b....

    lord farquaad and his men disliked it.

  33. J.... G....

    1:22 I was drawing a comic,and a character said "What sign?" and this appeared and i was like:


    O_o

  34. S.... C....

    I LOVE THIS

  35. A.... ....

    It drives me insane how this song is a literal story. From the lyrics to the music accompanying them.

  36. A.... i....

    3:21 is that roger?! That sounds like a god damn cat!

    A.... i....

    Wikipedia says it's Freddie.

  37. b.... i....

    i feel like if i play this song by a swamp shrek will come out and fight another ogre

  38. a.... ....

    Shreck fight scene + Ogre battle song! https://youtu.be/PChGhJCiTO8

  39. B.... ....

    SpeedWagon anyone!

  40. N.... ....

    I came here because it's a Queen song.


    But I also came here for Shrek memes comments.

  41. V.... V....

    Freddie ,ci saranno cantanti bravi nel mondo, ma non ti supera nessuno !!

  42. S.... S....

    This is where we meet our waifu, Speedwagon

  43. D.... B....

    Bohemian rapsody=1kmillon reproduccions
    Ogre batle 910k
    :'(

  44. M.... A....

    Classic !!!!

  45. d.... g....

    This song was so popular they named the most dangerous street in London after it

  46. C.... S....

    When you don't get out of Shrek's swamp.

  47. H.... 2....

    Early 1974 in 10th grade I overheard a classmate talking about a cool new album named Queen ll. I bought it asap and while this 1st track on the LP was amazing, just couldn't get into the other songs but the LP is still in my collection.

  48. F.... ....

    Great song, but I don't like Roger Taylor's voice - not even as background vocal

    F.... ....

    Are you joking? Is the best

    F.... ....

    then perish

    F.... ....

    @tay luckily the band came to the same opinion and let him sing less on the later records

  49. B.... M....

    We will singing the Backstreet Boys for they up the covers into the World on the albums of "Unbreakable" and "Never Gone".

  50. B.... M....

    Rockabye.....

  51. B.... M....

    That's just I Wanna Love You Forever...

  52. B.... M....

    Jessica singing in this song "I've Got My Eyes On You". their was the 1999 one best instrumental guitars they said to screaming "oh........" make me wanna shouting me amazing just Nick Lachey until their a rock....

  53. A.... O....

    This is what America is gonna be like during the Presidental Election 2020 *orgre battle*

  54. A.... K....

    I scrolled to comments just for the Shrek memes

  55. R.... L....

    I love this song!!!!

  56. D.... L....

    One of Queen's absolute best songs!

  57. I.... H....

    Shrek 5 soundtrack is so lit 🔥 💯👀👌

  58. G.... M....

    Masterpiece

  59. B.... ....

    How come this song isn’t on the Shrek soundtrack?

  60. D.... ....

    No doubt in my mind that this song influenced Judas Priest...at least their early stuff. Rob Halford himself has stated he’s a huge Queen fan.

  61. G.... ....

    I shall not allow anyone to harm this gentleman!

  62. R.... ....

    Wish the movie Bohemian Rhapsody included this song

  63. E.... P....

    03:36 THAT VOICE!!😍😍😱

  64. T.... ....

    2:31 横目がスケベくさい

  65. M.... B....

    Such an underrated song! One of my many favourites!

  66. J.... D....

    smile sweet sister sadistic suprise service SPEEEEDWAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

  67. T.... M....

    from the greatest Queen album ever!!!!

  68. D.... [....

    That has less than one million views?? It deserves waaay more! Really underrated

  69. �.... ....

    Queen songs are like onions

    They have layers..

  70. C.... ....

    Who would win, Speedwagon or Shrek?

    C.... ....

    "Ogre Street" is most likely not referencing Ogre Battle, since Araki's references are often much more blatant. Ogre Battle doesn't match at all. There's no basis to assume the "Ogre" is referring to this song any more than it's referring to the mythical monster, since Ogre Street is a dangerous, "cursed" place.

    C.... ....

    smile sweet sister sadistic suprise Speeedwagooooooooooooon

  71. A.... R....

    *Ah ah ah ah aaaaaaaaaaah* 😍😍😍

  72. U.... W....

    Stand User: [Shrek]
    Stand:[Ogre Battle]

    U.... W....

    Finally.
    I found it.

  73. J.... G....

    Death to the feminist ogres!

  74. O.... R....

    2019 and still awesome!

  75. V.... D....

    Taste - What’s Going On

  76. D.... �....

    So is nobody going to talk about Roger's screaming at 3:21 ?

    D.... �....

    No. Because it is Freddie. :)

    D.... �....

    It’s Freddie

  77. G.... ....

    They predicted the first coming of the Shrek

  78. s.... ....

    Y'all: "omg Shrek!"

    Me: "Down with Endora!"

  79. S.... F....

    It’s honestly so cool how queen songs have so many layers

    S.... F....

    They're like onions

    S.... F....

    Alyssa Young yeah, or cakes. People like cakes. Nobody likes onions.

  80. F.... 5....

    107 ogres and counting 2019

  81. M.... S....

    we have entered Side B of Queen II

    M.... S....

    side Black, first half was side White...I have the original album

  82. F.... D....

    Meanwhile on Ogre Street

    F.... D....

    "Ogre Street" is most likely not referencing Ogre Battle, since Araki's references are often much more blatant. Ogre Battle doesn't match at all. There's no basis to assume the "Ogre" is referring to this song any more than it's referring to the mythical monster, since Ogre Street is a dangerous, "cursed" place.

  83. O.... I....

    Underrated.

    O.... I....

    Vastly.

  84. 8.... U....

    Well I never knew there where a song about my street.

    8.... U....

    "Ogre Street" is most likely not referencing Ogre Battle, since Araki's references are often much more blatant. Ogre Battle doesn't match at all. There's no basis to assume the "Ogre" is referring to this song any more than it's referring to the mythical monster, since Ogre Street is a dangerous, "cursed" place.

  85. a.... ....

    https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/queens-brian-may-sounds-off-about-freddie-mercurys-guitar-skills-bohemian-rhapsody-actors-and-the-most-difficult-song-to-play-live

    People often think of Freddie as a pianist, but he occasionally played guitar, and he would write with one, too. What kind of guitarist was he?
    He was very good on the guitar, very unorthodox — all downstrokes. He wrote the riff for “Ogre Battle” [from 1974’s Queen II]. I used to play it with up- and downstrokes, but he was all downstrokes. Imagine how fast his right hand was moving! He had a frenetic energy on the guitar, which came across very well in that song. He played the rhythm on “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.” I wanted to sound as good as Freddie did on that record, which was damn good. He kind of left the guitar after a while and concentrated more on the piano. In the latter days, he even left the piano behind. He just wanted to be a performer who ran around and had the freedom to be a frontman.

  86. S.... K....

    This so has to be in the next Guardian's of the Galaxy movie ..

    S.... K....

    hell yeah!

  87. P.... K....

    Ειστε οι καλητεροι ροκαδες

    P.... K....

    Συμφωνώ φίλε μου!!

  88. T.... M....

    listen to this album "Queen II" and you'll see where "bohemian rhapsody" came from

  89. D.... M....

    If I were only allowed to take one album I’d take on a desert island, I think I’d have to say queen 2. How could I ever get bored of this?!

  90. S.... P....

    I love underrated songs by famous bands

  91. N.... s....

    Amazing song!!!! Love it!! ❤️❤️

  92. S.... a....

    Shrexiest song, by the shrexiest band.





    Sorry Smash Mouth..... 😑

  93. K.... C....

    The beginning of this track is like an airplane was landing but something went wrong, so we hear those high notes from Roger that sound quite worrying...

  94. O.... T....

    Is this a Jojo reference???

    O.... T....

    Stfu weeb

  95. s.... s....

    My favorite <3

  96. S.... H....

    BRIAN'S GUITAR AND ROGER'S FALSETTO ARE EVERYTHING.... INCLUDING FREDDIE'S SCREAMS

  97. I.... V....

    1.50 ... is that a Lord of the rings reference???

  98. L.... M....

    Presidential debates be like