Everyone Did What Was Right in Their Own Eyes

Levite was a concubine

She ran away

Went down to Bethlehem

And there to stay

Levite arrived

To bring her back

Her father was so glad

He was so glad to see him

Let's eat and celebrate

Let's drink and feast

Stay here for several days

Three days at least

But on the fifth

He had his fill

Levite and concubine left

It was almost evening

Their servant asked of them

"How 'bout Jerusalem?"

Levite kept on and said

"To Gibeah instead"

Oh no

No place to spend the night

In Gibeah

We're safe in Benjamin

It doesn't matter

Camp in the square

We're secure there

That's when an elder came

And took them into his home

We're both from Ephraim

Let's stick together

Just don't go spend the night

Out in the square

That's when the men

From Benjamin

Were pounding on the door

And asking for the Levite

We'd like to get to know

Your Levite friend

Don't be so decadent

He is my guest

They wouldn't leave

So to appease

Threw concubine out

And they ravished her till morning

They killed my concubine

I'll make you understand

My knife will make it worse

Send you a piece of her

Oh no

Opened my mailbox

Received an arm

Please ask and find out whom

Sent this alarm

To all twelve tribes

Our bodies shared

There's never been a thing like this

Since we left Egypt

Then all the Israelites

Beersheba, Dan

And some from Gilead

Came as one man

Together stood

With weapons drawn

We won't go home until the

Benjamites pay for this

Now surrender the men from Gibeah

Then we'll purge evil from the land of God

No white flag 'cause we'd rather fight instead

In three days all but 600 dead

No wives for Benjamin

Because the massacre

At Shiloh there's a dance

Grab one then take her as your wife

There was no king that day

Each followed his own way