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This 1966 novelty pop song details a fictional encounter between First World War ace pilot Manfred von Richthofen and Snoopy of Peanuts comic fame.
This song was released soon after Charles Schultz created the first comic of Snoopy imagining himself as a WWI fighter pilot, facing off against the Red Baron.
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[Verse 1]
After the turn of the century
In the clear blue skies over Germany
Came a roar and a thunder men had never heard
Like the screamin' sound of a big war bird
[Verse 2]
Up in the sky, a man in a plane
Baron von Richthofen was his name
Eighty men tried, and eighty men died
Now, they're buried together on the countryside
[Chorus]
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany
[Verse 3]
In the nick of time, a hero arose
A funny-lookin' dog with a big black nose
He flew into the sky to seek revenge
But the Baron shot him down (Curses, foiled again!)
[Chorus] ...
[Verse 4]
Now, Snoopy had swore that he'd get that man
So he asked the Great Pumpkin for a new battle plan
He challenged the German to a real dogfight
While the Baron was laughin', he got him in his sight
[Musical Interlude]
[Verse 5]
That Bloody Red Baron was in a fix
He tried everything, but he'd run out of tricks
Snoopy fired once and he fired twice
And that Bloody Red Baron went spinnin' out of sight
[Chorus] ...
[Outro]
Well, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score
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