Marvel SH lyrics

Cafe Society
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Back in the mid- 60’s were a series of Marvel Super-Heroes cartoons shown. The most popular one was Captain America others included: The Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, etc. My question is about the Lyrics to the theme to the Sub-Mariner. I’ve got most of them, but a few words still evade me. Can anyone help? Are you listening Cecil? This is what I have so far:

"Stronger than a whale, he can swim anywhere
He can go breathe underwater and go flying through the air
And the noble Sub-Mariner, prince of the deep
…???

For Namor of Atlantis is the Prince of the Deep."

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“Stronger than a whale, he can swim anywhere,
He can breathe underwater and go flying through the air
The Noble Sub-Mariner, Prince of the Deep
So be wary every seaman
Lord Namor of Atlantis is the Prince of the Deep”
Zev Steinhardt

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heh heh “seamen” :slight_smile:

Hulk always confused me. Did they make up words for that one?
“Doc Bruce Banner, pelted by gamma rays
Turns into the Hulk. Aint he unglamorays[?].
Crashing thru town with the power of a bull.
He’s so [???]. Isn’t he lovable?
The everlovin’ Hulk! Hulk! Hulk!”

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Thanks Zev! Youre a lifesaver! Sure sounds like that to me. Curious as to your source though. Is it by just listening better than I can–or have you another source?

NobleKnight

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“Doc Bruce Banner, pelted (belted?) by gamma rays
Turns into the Hulk. Aint he unglamorays.
Crashing thru town with the power of a bull.
He’s no monster, clown. He’s just lovable.
The everlovin’ Hulk! Hulk! Hulk!”

Thays how I always heard it. But thx for the “crashing thru town” line It was another I was unclear on.

Lets see if I have Iron Man correct:

“Tony Stark, makes you feel
He’s a cool exec, with a heart of steel
And Iron Man all jets ablaze, he fights and he spites with repulsor rays
Amazing Armor, hes Iron Man, Ablazing power, he’s I-Ron Man!”

Anybody want to complete the set with The Mighty Thor and the Captain?

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Source: Here

Go to the bottom of the page.

Zev Steinhardt

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At about eight years old I came up with a blend of the Iron Man and Spiderman tunes.

Iron Man, Iron Man
Does whatever an iron can.
Can he swing from a cord?
Take a look on your board.
Hey there, there goes the Iron Man.

The original being of course:

Spiderman, Spiderman
Does whatever an spider can.
Can he swing from a thread?
Take a look over head.
Hey there, there goes the Spiderman.

(I realize this is only an excerpt)

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I always thought the Captain America song had a pretty sophisticated rhyme scheme for a kid’s show:

When Captain America throws his mighty shield,
All those who chose to oppose his shield must yield!
When he’s led to a fight, and the duel is true
Then the red and the white and the blue’ll come through
When Captain America throws his mighty shield!

Look at the internal rhymes in lines 3 and 4: led-red, fight-white, and duel-blue’ll. That’s a pretty darned clever, if trivial, bit of lyric writing.