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Twenty thousand |
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Frenchmen lying in the valley |
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Rear guard to king |
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Charlamagne |
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The great one among them |
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Roland was his name |
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Nephew of the |
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Christian king |
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But sad is the story that falls on this day |
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For treason is at hand |
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As Ganelon plots conspiracy |
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A true evil man |
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War is at hand |
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Plotted by an evil man |
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One who paid tribute to |
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King Charlamagne |
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Roland how sad |
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Crossed by his own man |
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Honor lies dead on the blood soaked land |
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The Spanish come to ambush |
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With soldiers left behind |
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Come in masses unfortold |
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One hundred thousand cross the line |
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Death falls upon the |
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Frenchmen |
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A massacre of twenty thousand men |
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Blood stains the ground |
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And the entire land |
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Roland sounds the oliphant calling out the armies |
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That lie some time away |
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The great king hears the echo |
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So he sends his knights back to |
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Spain The vast and the powerful armies |
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That were made of gold and steel |
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Run back with honor in their hearts |
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To the mighty |
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King Charlamagne |
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When he gets back to the valley |
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He knows it's all in vain |
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For Roland lies on the ground |
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With a large wound in his head |
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The great king weeps in agony |
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For the death of his warrior |
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But now the wrath of vengeance |
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Will take its final toll |
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Munjoie is cried out as the army closes in |
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Out to spill the blood of the |
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Spanish king |
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Munjoie is cried out as the army closes in |
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To avenge the death and pay homage to their king |
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Standing at the battlefield the |
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King attacks |
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Belignat Ripping his heart and skin |
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The battle ends in glory as it was said in prophesy |
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The trial of the wicked is at hand |
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The most sinful crime of the land |
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So death is the verdict's punishment |
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And Ganelon pays for his sins |
