[Verse 1]
Jubal sang of the wrath of God
And the curse of thistle and thorn
But Tubal got him a pointed rod
And scrabbled the earth for corn
Old-old as that early mould
Young as the sprouting grain
Yearly green is the strife between
Jubal and Tubal Cain

[Verse 2]
Jubal sang of the new-found sea
And the love that its waves divide
But Tubal hollowed a fallen tree
And passed to the further side
Black-black as the hurricane-wrack
Salt as the under-main
Bitter and cold is the hate they hold
Jubal and Tubal Cain!

[Verse 3]
Jubal sang of the golden years
When wars and wounds shall cease
But Tubal fashioned the hand-flung spears
And showed his neighbours peace
New-new as Nine-point-Two
Older than Lamech's slain
Roaring and loud is the feud avowed
Twix' Jubal and Tubal Cain!
[Verse 4]
Jubal sang of the cliffs that bar
And the peaks that none may crown
But Tubal clambered by jut and scar
And there he builded a town
High-high as the snowsheds lie
Low as the culverts drain
Wherever they be they can never agree
Jubal and Tubal Cain!