Pompeii by Peter Weatherall

Do-bo, do-bo, do-bo, do-bo, do-bo, do-bo, do-do, do-do, do-bo, do-do. The Romans used to go to a town on holiday In the south of Italy called Pompeii. Pompeii, Pompeii, it disappeared one day Beneath a pile of pumice and ash. Pompeii, Pompeii, most people got away But some were killed in a flash. Do-bo, do-bo, do-bo, do-bo, do-bo, do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do. Two thousand years ago, pyroclastic flows erupted From Mount Vesuvius, a volcano. Pompeii, Pompeii, it disappeared one day Beneath a pile of pumice and ash. Pompeii, Pompeii, most people got away But some were killed in a flash. It was forgotten for centuries to come Along with the nearby town of Herculaneum. But after excavation it's become A place you can visit like a museum. Do-bo, do-bo, do-bo, do-bo, do-bo, do-do, do-do, do-do. You can see a Roman city from the past And dead people turned into plaster casts. Pompeii, Pompeii, it disappeared one day Beneath a pile of pumice and ash. Pompeii, Pompeii, most people got away But some were killed in a flash. The moral of this tale you should know Is don't live near an active volcano Cos suddenly its top could blow And kill you in a pyroclastic flow. Pompeii, Pompeii, it disappeared one day Beneath a pile of pumice and ash. Pompeii, Pompeii, most people got away But some were killed in a flash.