The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine-Jeff Wayne/Jerry Wayne Longmire

[ti:The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine] [ar:Jeff Wayne] [al:Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds - The New Generation] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine - Jeff Wayne/Jerry Wayne Longmire [01:03.70]The hammering from the pit [01:05.35]And the pounding of guns grew louder [01:06.90] [01:07.81]My fear rose [01:08.82]At the sound of someone creeping into the house [01:10.77] [01:12.12]Then I saw it was a young artilleryman [01:13.72] [01:14.93]Weary streaked with blood and dirt [01:17.30] [01:18.28]Anyone here [01:18.86] [01:19.55]Come in Here drink this [01:21.91] [01:22.72]Thank you [01:23.91]What's happened [01:24.40] [01:25.19]They wiped us out Hundreds dead [01:26.98] [01:27.77]Maybe thousands [01:28.36] [01:29.64]The heat ray [01:30.37]The Martians [01:30.74] [01:31.81]They were inside the hoods of machines they'd made [01:33.90] [01:34.64]Massive metal things on legs Giant machines that walked [01:37.96] [01:38.94]They attacked us They wiped us out [01:41.15] [01:41.83]Machines [01:42.01] [01:42.82]Fighting machines [01:44.03]Setting fires in everything inside [01:45.85] [01:46.87]Just hunks of metal [01:47.92]But they knew exactly what they were doing [01:50.07]Mmm There was another cylinder came last night [01:52.75]Yes yes It looked bound for London [01:55.10] [01:55.69]London Carrie I hadn't dreamed [01:58.09]There could be danger to Carrie [01:59.40]And her father so many miles away [02:00.64] [02:01.28]I I must go to London at once [02:03.61] [02:04.17]And me Got to report to headquarters [02:06.01] [02:06.94]If there's anything left of it [02:08.21] [02:57.73]At Byfleet we came upon an inn but it was deserted [03:00.27] [03:15.70]Is everybody dead [03:17.40]Not everybody Look Six cannons with gunners standing by [03:21.03] [03:22.03]It's bows and arrows against the lightning [03:23.42] [03:25.20]They haven't seen the heat ray yet [03:26.51] [03:59.14]We hurried along the road to Weybridge [04:00.38] [04:01.50]Suddenly there was a heavy explosion [04:03.16] [04:04.03]The ground heaved windows shattered [04:06.58] [04:07.41]And gusts of smoke erupted into the air [04:09.27] [04:10.22]Look There they are What did I tell you [04:13.05] [04:37.22]Quickly one after the other [04:38.69]Four of the fighting machines appeared Monstrous [04:41.29]Tripods higher than the tallest steeple [04:43.29] [04:43.98]Striding over pine trees and smashing them [04:46.05] [04:46.62]Walking engines of glistening metal [04:48.83]Each carried a huge funnel [04:50.10] [04:50.75]And I realised with horror [04:52.27]That I'd seen this awful thing before [04:53.87] [05:33.61]A fifth machine appeared on the far bank [05:35.34] [05:36.14]And next [05:36.72]It raised itself to full height flourished [05:39.20]The funnel high in the air [05:41.00]And the ghostly terrible heat ray struck the town [05:44.03] [05:51.96]As it struck all five fighting machines [05:54.71]Exulted emitting deafening howls [05:57.49] [05:58.00]That roared like thunder [05:59.13] [06:00.09]Ulla Ulla [06:07.06] [08:41.00]The six guns we had seen now [08:43.10]Fired simultaneously decapitating a fighting machine [08:46.08] [08:46.83]The Martian inside the hood was slain splashed to the [08:50.01]Four winds and the body nothing now [08:52.67]But an intricate device of metal went whirling to destruction [08:56.15] [08:57.23]As the other monsters advanced people [08:59.77]Ran away blindly the artillery man among them [09:02.76]But I jumped into the water [09:03.98] [09:12.95]Until forced up to breathe [09:14.64] [09:15.50]Now the guns spoke again [09:17.03] [09:17.62]But this time the heat ray sent them to oblivion [09:20.56] [10:17.77]Ulla [10:17.93] [10:26.90]With a white flash the heat ray [10:28.21]Swept across the river [10:29.05] [10:34.82]Scalded halfblinded and agonized [10:37.20] [10:37.92]I staggered through leaping hissing water [10:40.07]Towards the shore I fell helplessly in full [10:43.24]View of the Martians expecting nothing [10:45.18]But death The foot of a fighting machine [10:48.02]Came down close to my head [10:49.79]Then lifted again as the four Martians [10:52.01]Carried away the debris of their fallen comrade [10:54.04] [10:54.93]And I realized that by a miracle I had escaped