Over the ground there comes a sound
It is the drum, drum, drum of hoofbeats in the sand
Quiver with fear if you are near
It is the thunder of The Shadow and his Band

His Band will find you
(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'd 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 morn, 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'd 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 morn, you know
If you're The Red Shadow's foe
The Riffs will strike with a blow
That brings you woe!
