Massacre of the Saxons-Christopher Lee

[ti:Massacre of the Saxons] [ar:Christopher Lee] [al:Charlemagne: The Omens of Death] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Massacre of the Saxons - Christopher Lee (克里斯托弗·李) [00:28.66]Does a man have to fight all his life [00:31.86] [00:32.78]Only in death to take flight to the skies [00:36.89] [00:37.80]Warmongers vie to take my throne [00:41.49] [00:42.20]No respect is ever shown [00:46.59] [00:47.15]To Pope or Prince nor man nor beast [00:51.85]And steal our cattle for to feast [00:55.51] [00:56.38]No Earthly princeling mind shall take [01:01.05]For scandalous idolatry so fake [01:04.79] [01:07.87]In borderland raids [01:10.02]They came in their hordes [01:12.42]Ransacking villages [01:14.78]Taking the spoils [01:17.08]With nothing to lose [01:19.04]And possessions few [01:21.72]Bold [01:22.88]Sturdy [01:24.03]Fearless and cruel [01:26.38] [01:28.66]Defiant of Baptism on pain of death [01:32.57] [01:33.31]Tough measures call [01:34.14]For me to be ruthless [01:36.63] [01:37.69]To set an example to the rebels [01:41.23] [01:42.52]Draconian for their worship of devils [01:46.15] [01:47.09]How many times did I venture forth [01:51.15] [01:51.91]To the extreme wilderness of the north [01:56.20]To subdue those [01:58.58]Whose hatred was great [02:00.85]Against churches [02:02.02]And priests of our Christian state [02:05.40] [02:08.42]The Bloody Verdict of Verden [02:10.94] [02:12.30]Rivers flowing red [02:13.67] [02:14.47]With the blood of four thousand men [02:17.08]That I did behead [02:21.92]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:23.89]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:26.22]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:28.60]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:30.87]I shed it at Verden [02:32.75]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:35.09]I shed the Blood [02:36.03]Of four thousand Saxon men [02:37.24] [02:38.05]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [02:40.01]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man [02:42.27] [02:45.32]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man [02:47.81] [03:05.98]Shall my realm be taken as I toil [03:10.09]To force others out of Frankish soil [03:13.54] [03:14.82]And I return to learn that all is lost [03:18.90]Yet my companions I trust [03:21.59]The sword and the Cross [03:23.79] [03:24.41]Those good industrious Frankish folk [03:28.51]Who toil out lands with oxen and yoke [03:32.56] [03:34.17]Whilst Lombard [03:36.31]Vulgar and Moorish men [03:39.22]Dare to even glance at them [03:42.75] [03:44.69]Converting entire tribes by the sword [03:48.30] [03:49.30]In the name of Jesus Christo our Lord [03:52.77] [03:53.79]On that day in Verden [03:55.99]No mercy given [03:58.58]Victory to the chosen people [04:02.64] [04:03.48]Weary grow I of this task which fell [04:07.50]On the shoulders of a man [04:09.96]Who yearns to spend [04:12.65]But one hour with wife and child [04:16.95]To gaze on faces innocent and mild [04:23.76] [04:24.51]To build a better world [04:26.84]Than even has been seen [04:30.18] [04:31.04]An empire made great [04:33.18]By deeds of great kings [04:37.37] [04:38.11](I shed Blood of Saxon Men) [04:40.08]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [04:42.42]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [04:44.62]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [04:46.93]I shed it at Verden [04:48.79]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [04:51.19]I shed the Blood of [04:52.35]Four thousand Saxon men [04:53.98]I shed the Blood of the Saxon men [04:56.13]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man [04:58.84] [05:01.42]I shed the Blood of the Saxon man