doing all that's mean

there isn’t much that we can say today
no one is going to jinx their chance
we hope the troll will simply go away

once dauntless men would dragons slay
and on their horses after would they prance
there isn’t much that we can say today

we find ourselves in a meaner affray
it cannot our small reputations enhance
we hope the troll will simply go away

now we demur deride deny delay
give the ugly bridge-dweller a brief glance
there isn’t much that we can say today

too angry now to seek a better way
we let the creature go on sufferance
we hope the troll will simply go away

there isn’t any chance to have a say
in what the music is or what the dance
there isn’t much that we can say today
we hope the troll will simply go away