Key: E minor
Intro 1
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Am
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Verse 1
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Shivered in the damp
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the camp
Verse 2
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The trembling horses sensed the fear
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Of silent thoughtful men
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Who prayed that wives and families
Em
C
Verse 3
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a dawn patrol
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To investigate the weight
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Ensconced behind the gate
Verse 4
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The ground mist hid the patrol's approach
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The sentries on the bat tlements
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Verse 5
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From the topmost tower a sentry fell
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As an arrow pierced his skull
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Seemed that of a gull
Verse 6
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The patrol reported little
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to see
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But the strong and silent castle
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A symbol of the free
Verse 7
Bm
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As the first rays of the sun
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The fatal day begun
Verse 8
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To the high trees in the east
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To their carrion minds the battlefield
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Set a table for a feast
Verse 9
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Equality their right
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Their aim at last in sight
Verse 10
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The King's men dressed in purest white
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Were driven back by force
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And the fighting grew more vi olent
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As the battle took its course
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C
Verse 11
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No mercy to be shown
Verse 12
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sight of children ly ing dead
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The outer walls began to fall
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They moved towards the keep
Verse 13
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Their hungry beady eyes
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Showing no surprise
Verse 14
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The pressure mounted steadily
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As the Bishops neared the gate
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It's your lives or the State
Verse 15
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As many thought he might
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And urged the men to fight
Verse 16
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The Bishop's men were tiring
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As the afternoon drew late
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C
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And poured out through the gate
Verse 17
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The men like falling leaves
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The vi cious sickle cleaves
Verse 18
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The tide receded up the hill
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The waste of reclaimed land
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Once decaying swamp became
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A shore of pure white sand
Verse 19
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Both dying and the dead
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His cassock running red
Verse 20
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If uniform were black or white
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His eyes could never see
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And death made no distinction
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Whatever man he be
Verse 21
darkness fell both
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Their soldiers slain like cattle
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The victors of the battle
Verse 22
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evensong both camps reviewed
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Their sad depleted ranks
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As survivors of the battle
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Gave God their grateful thanks
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