Once an Oracle warned of danger to the King of Thebes For his life and for his child So from the crib he took his new-born son Gave him to a herdsman with orders he should kill him But the herdsman, filled with pity Could not kill the child but left him tied against a tree Found by a peasant who took him to his masters Where he was adopted: Oedipus they named him After many years the King was travelling When his way was blocked by a chariot He ordered him to move away But because he was slow to obey They killed his steed The stranger, enraged, murdered the King The stranger's name was Oedipus He, unaware, had killed his father Little did he know he would soon be King So the prophecy reached fulfilment The warning of the Oracle had had its way.
Once an Oracle warned of danger to the King of Thebes For his life and for his child So from the crib he took his new-born son Gave him to a herdsman with orders he should kill him But the herdsman, filled with pity Could not kill the child but left him tied against a tree Found by a peasant who took him to his masters Where he was adopted: Oedipus they named him After many years the King was travelling When his way was blocked by a chariot He ordered him to move away But because he was slow to obey They killed his steed The stranger, enraged, murdered the King The stranger's name was Oedipus He, unaware, had killed his father Little did he know he would soon be King So the prophecy reached fulfilment The warning of the Oracle had had its way.
