Massacre of the Saxons-Christopher Lee

[00:00.00]Massacre of the Saxons -Christopher Lee [00:28.666]Does a man have to fight all his life [00:32.786]Only in death to take flight to the skies [00:37.805]Warmongers vie to take my throne [00:42.205]No respect is ever shown [00:47.154]To Pope or Prince nor man nor beast [00:51.854]And steal our cattle for to feast [00:56.384]No Earthly princeling mind shall take [01:01.53]For scandalous idolatry so fake [01:07.873]In borderland raids [01:10.22]They came in their hordes [01:12.422]Ransacking villages [01:14.782]Taking the spoils [01:17.82]With nothing to lose [01:19.42]And possessions few [01:21.722]Bold [01:22.882]Sturdy [01:24.32]Fearless and cruel [01:28.661]Defiant of Baptism on pain of death [01:33.310]Tough measures call [01:34.140]For me to be ruthless [01:37.690]To set an example to the rebels [01:42.520]Draconian for their worship of devils [01:47.90]How many times did I venture forth [01:51.910]To the extreme wilderness of the north [01:56.200]To subdue those [01:58.580]Whose hatred was great [02:00.850]Against churches [02:02.29]And priests of our Christian state [02:08.428]The Bloody Verdict of Verden [02:12.308]Rivers flowing red [02:14.477]With the blood of four thousand men [02:17.87]That I did behead [02:21.927]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:23.897]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:26.227]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:28.607]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:30.877]I shed it at Verden [02:32.757]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:35.97]I shed the Blood [02:36.37]Of four thousand Saxon men [02:38.56]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:40.16]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man [02:45.326]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man [03:05.986]Shall my realm be taken as I toil [03:10.95]To force others out of Frankish soil [03:14.825]And I return to learn that all is lost [03:18.905]Yet my companions I trust [03:21.595]The sword and the Cross [03:24.415]Those good industrious Frankish folk [03:28.515]Who toil out lands with oxen and yoke [03:34.175]Whilst Lombard [03:36.315]Vulgar and Moorish men [03:39.225]Dare to even glance at them [03:44.695]Converting entire tribes by the sword [03:49.305]In the name of Jesus Christo our Lord [03:53.795]On that day in Verden [03:55.994]No mercy given [03:58.584]Victory to the chosen people [04:03.483]Weary grow I of this task which fell [04:07.503]On the shoulders of a man [04:09.963]Who yearns to spend [04:12.652]But one hour with wife and child [04:16.951]To gaze on faces innocent and mild [04:24.519]To build a better world [04:26.849]Than even has been seen [04:31.49]An empire made great [04:33.188]By deeds of great kings [04:38.117]（shed Blood of Saxon Men） [04:40.87]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [04:42.427]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [04:44.627]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [04:46.937]I shed it at Verden [04:48.796]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [04:51.196]I shed the Blood of [04:52.356]Four thousand Saxon men [04:53.986]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [04:56.135]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man [05:01.425]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man