When The Lion Arrived, The War Did Start - A Wicked Day, Indeed

'Cause Sweat And Blood Abounded - From All Men And Steed



See The Daylight Lay In Ashes - While The Dead Are Still

Hear The Armies Roar For Freedom - On The Blackened Border Hill



The Lion Looks, Looks Across The Plain - And Questions Battles In Avoidable Pain

Heaves A Wistfull Sigh - And Wishes The Battle, The Battle Was A Lie



Army Of Some Thousand Fighting - Men Climbed The Frowning Ridge

With Their Flaming Swords All Drawn Free - And Their Pennants At The Knee



Their Waving Of Their Banners - And The Rattle Of Their Spears

Risen To Break The Dominion - And Bring Peace For Years



Now At Least I've Come To See What My Life Is - Nothing's Ended, It Only Begun

And The Brave Victories That Seemed So Splendid - They Were Never, Never Really Won



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To Border Raid, To Border Raid In Lions March

The Battle Smoke Has Fled

Just After A Century And A Quarter Past

Tonight

We Border Raid - We Border Raid In Lions March

The Battle Smoke Has Fled

Just After A Century And A Quarter Past

Lord Blessed By The Dead



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