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MAGNA TOTIUS EXERCITUS PERTURBATIO FACTA EST (2 v) |
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CUM SAGITTA NECAVIT REGEM |
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TERROR ET MORA CRUCIAVERUNT MILITES |
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The rout resounded around the hill |
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WHEN THE LAST TROOPS LAID DOWN THEIR ARMS |
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POST SEPTEM HORAS PROELII REX ANGLIAE IMPLORAVIT CAELUM |
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(Harold:) |
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"With the arrival of nightfall I could gather my men and wait |
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For reinforcements. Blessed god, heed my hopes!" |
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SED WILLIAM NON DISTULIT ET IMPETUM IN HOSTEM FECIT IN ORA TARDA |
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(Ivo of Ponthieu:) |
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"I'll take his life" he said to king |
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"and this sacrifice will be my honest gift to thy kingdom" |
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Like a rumble of thunder the knights |
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broke out through the shield-wall |
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Steel rang out like evil bells |
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across the land |
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Sir William is still alive , he shows his face |
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raising proud his helmet to the sky |
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A rumor spread along the ranks |
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about Sir William's sudden death , |
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the panic blew away when he showed his face |
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and the time has come TO ANNIHILATE THY TROOPS |
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arrows falling down |
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on the Saxon lines |
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Sir William is still alive , he shows his face |
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raising proud his helmet to the sky |
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(CHORUS:) |
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Harold's dead , his body now lies |
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after he's got by an arrow in his eye |
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Harold dies , Harold the king , |
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leaving the green fields of Anglia at the mercy of fate |
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ULTIMUS INCURSUS FUIT CERTUS ET CRUENTUS |
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Saxon line was broken down , |
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All that was left were the HouseCarls |
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showin' their bravery |
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REX ANIMAM EFFLAVIT |
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The bloody HouseCarls with their warrior pride |
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Are showin' their worth |
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they're keepin' up the last fight |
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Standing all around the corpse of Majestie |
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Fighting proud until the last man dies |
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(CHORUS:) |
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Harold's dead , his body now lies |
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after he's got by an arrow in his eye |
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Harold dies , Harold the king , |
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leaving the green fields of Anglia at the mercy of fate |
