Long must I fly and fly and fly Long leagues of sky of sky of sky To seek my food and feast my fill Long must I hunt and often k** Small is my game and all to hungry is The roc The roc The roc The roc Ages ago ago ago It was not so not so not so Mammoth, mastodon, giant sloth Covered the earth like a moving cloth A single k** could easily feed The roc The roc They have all gone, all gone, all gone Left me alone, alone alone Left me endlessly seeking food Few my numbers, no small my brood The world has grown too petty to feed The roc The roc But now comes man, comes man, comes man Who breeds as he can, he can, he can vast in number and easy to k** From his hoards I can eat my fill I will not starve while man can feed the roc the roc