[ti:The Siege]
[ar:Christopher Lee]
[al:Charlemagne: The Omens of Death]
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[00:00.00]The Siege - Christopher Lee
[00:16.01]My lord king charles
[00:18.36]A state of crisis has emerged
[00:23.19]For you've incurred the wrath
[00:25.55]Of the lombard king
[00:26.70]Desiderius
[00:30.81]Cast his daughter aside
[00:34.14]And took another for your wife
[00:37.56]He has taken offence
[00:40.31]And it's too late to make amends
[00:45.53]Our papal lands
[00:47.74]Have been occupied by force
[00:52.31]And fallen to the hands
[00:54.99]Of the barbarian horde
[01:22.30]For too long that vile race
[01:25.56]Has remained a threat
[01:27.89]To papal authority
[01:30.32]That scheming lombard king
[01:32.94]Is flouting his debt wilfully
[01:37.24]We must stand up and wage war
[01:40.55]This has gone on for too long
[01:44.27]It's in all of our interests to subdue them
[01:48.26]Once and for all
[01:55.42]My lord and holy father
[01:59.23]This I pledge to thee
[02:02.97]Like my fathers before me
[02:06.67]I shall fight for the holy city
[02:10.96]My lord and holy father
[02:14.08]I pledge thee my loyalty
[02:17.81]I shall see this holy city
[02:21.27]Restored to it's former glory
[02:33.05]It has been three hundred years
[02:35.44]Since 'cross the alps came
[02:37.29]Those faithless lepers
[02:39.61]To usurp the lands
[02:42.04]Of their peace loving neighbours
[02:47.00]Encroaching closer upon rome
[02:50.76]Their leaders wanted to
[02:52.55]Capture it for their own
[02:54.51]And now king desiderius
[02:58.09]Has started to harass us
[03:02.78]Your father was a champion of the church
[03:06.43]An agent of civilization in the western world
[03:11.23]Chosen to lead the people to the 'cross
[03:38.99]The time is once more upon us
[03:42.33]To look to our old friends
[03:45.75]As your fathers before you
[03:48.53]Came to our defence
[03:53.47]And you are I a am the chosen one
[03:57.18]To lead the faithless to the 'cross
[04:00.55]In his empire in the west
[04:03.30]O'er the lord's flock you I keep the watch
[04:12.87]My lord and holy father
[04:15.89]I pledge thee my loyalty
[04:19.61]I shall see this holy city
[04:23.12]Restored to it's former glory
[04:26.85]And with the authority vested in me
[04:30.18]I shall claim the iron crown of lombardy
[05:40.78]The time is once more upon us
[05:44.19]To look to our old friends
[05:47.62]As your fathers before you
[05:50.47]Came to our defence
[05:55.36]And you are I a am the chosen one
[05:59.04]To lead the faithless to the 'cross
[06:02.43]In his empire in the west
[06:05.27]O'er the lord's flock you I keep the watch
[06:14.05]Come springtime
[06:17.61]The last of the alpine blasts had blown
[06:21.34]The franks are still encamped
[06:23.77]By the banks of the river po
[06:28.69]Come springtime
[06:32.30]The last of the alpine blasts had blown
[06:36.08]The son of desiderius to
[06:37.89]Byzantium had flown
[06:39.68]Come springtime
[06:43.34]The last of the alpine blasts had blown
[06:47.15]The banks of the river po
[06:49.44]Are swelled by the melting snows