Does a man have to fight all his life? Only in death to take flight to the skies Warmongers fight to take my throne No respect is ever shown To Pope, or Prince, nor man nor beast And steal our cattle for the feast No Earthly princeling mind shall take For scandalous idolatry so fake
... All night Raids.... They came in their Hordes Ransacking villagse Taking the spoils With nothing to lose and possessions few Bold Sturdy Fearless and cruel
Defiant of Baptism on pain of death Tough measures call for me to be ruthless To set an example to the rebels Draconian for their worship of Devils
How many times did I venture forth To the extreme wilderness of the north? To subdue those whose hatred was great Agains churches and priests of out Christian State
12,000 men all dead in one day They would not recounce the heathen ways Thirty yeats of campaigning consumed To subject those Pagans to Christian rule
The Bloody Verdict of Verden Rives flowing red with the blood of 4,000 men that i did behead
(I shed Blood of Saxon Men) I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed it at Verden I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of 4,000 Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!
Shall my realm be taken as I toil? To force others out of Frankish soil And I return to learn that all is lost Yet my companions I trust, the sword and the Cross Those good industrious Frankish folk Who toil out lands with Oxen and Yoke
Whilst Lombard, Vulgar and Moorish men dare even glance at them
Converting entire tribes by the sword In the name of Jesus Christo, Our Lord On that day in Verden No mercy given Victory to the chosen people
Weary grow I of this task which fell On the shoulders of a man who yearns to spend But one hour with wife and Child To gaze on faces innocent and mild
12,000 men all dead in one day They would not renounce the heathen ways Thirty years of campaigning consumed To subject those Pagans to Christian rule To be of the banner one And even has been seen An empire made great by deeds of great kings
(I shed Blood of Saxon Men) I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed it at Verden I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of 4,000 Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.