[ti:Massacre of the Saxons]
[ar:Christopher Lee]
[al:Charlemagne: The Omens of Death]
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[00:00.00]Massacre of the Saxons - Christopher Lee
[00:28.66]Does a man have to fight all his life
[00:32.78]Only in death to take flight to the skies
[00:37.80]Warmongers vie to take my throne
[00:42.20]No respect is ever shown
[00:47.15]To Pope or Prince nor man nor beast
[00:51.85]And steal our cattle for to feast
[00:56.38]No Earthly princeling mind shall take
[01:01.05]For scandalous idolatry so fake
[01:07.87]In borderland raids
[01:10.02]They came in their hordes
[01:12.42]Ransacking villages
[01:14.78]Taking the spoils
[01:17.08]With nothing to lose
[01:19.04]And possessions few
[01:21.72]Bold
[01:22.88]Sturdy
[01:24.03]Fearless and cruel
[01:28.66]Defiant of Baptism on pain of death
[01:33.31]Tough measures call
[01:34.14]For me to be ruthless
[01:37.69]To set an example to the rebels
[01:42.52]Draconian for their worship of devils
[01:47.09]How many times did I venture forth
[01:51.91]To the extreme wilderness of the north
[01:56.20]To subdue those
[01:58.58]Whose hatred was great
[02:00.85]Against churches
[02:02.02]And priests of our Christian state
[02:08.42]The Bloody Verdict of Verden
[02:12.30]Rivers flowing red
[02:14.47]With the blood of four thousand men
[02:17.08]That I did behead
[02:21.92]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[02:23.89]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[02:26.22]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[02:28.60]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[02:30.87]I shed it at Verden
[02:32.75]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[02:35.09]I shed the Blood
[02:36.03]Of four thousand Saxon men
[02:38.05]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[02:40.01]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man
[02:45.32]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man
[03:05.98]Shall my realm be taken as I toil
[03:10.09]To force others out of Frankish soil
[03:14.82]And I return to learn that all is lost
[03:18.90]Yet my companions I trust
[03:21.59]The sword and the Cross
[03:24.41]Those good industrious Frankish folk
[03:28.51]Who toil out lands with oxen and yoke
[03:34.17]Whilst Lombard
[03:36.31]Vulgar and Moorish men
[03:39.22]Dare to even glance at them
[03:44.69]Converting entire tribes by the sword
[03:49.30]In the name of Jesus Christo our Lord
[03:53.79]On that day in Verden
[03:55.99]No mercy given
[03:58.58]Victory to the chosen people
[04:03.48]Weary grow I of this task which fell
[04:07.50]On the shoulders of a man
[04:09.96]Who yearns to spend
[04:12.65]But one hour with wife and child
[04:16.95]To gaze on faces innocent and mild
[04:24.51]To build a better world
[04:26.84]Than even has been seen
[04:31.04]An empire made great
[04:33.18]By deeds of great kings
[04:38.11](I shed Blood of Saxon Men)
[04:40.08]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[04:42.42]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[04:44.62]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[04:46.93]I shed it at Verden
[04:48.79]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[04:51.19]I shed the Blood of
[04:52.35]Four thousand Saxon men
[04:53.98]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
[04:56.13]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man
[05:01.42]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man