Song Description
Protest against war
| Song Length |
3:19 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Country - Bluegrass |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Subject |
War |
Lyrics
A Hundred Years War
Words & music Susan Nikas
Through the forest deep and dark
The brave knight he came riding
On his dappled steed he rode
Five days from the fighting
He wore his sweetheart's token fair
And bore his sword and shield
Glorious war he swore to wage
Until his foes did yield
Refrain:
A Hundred Year War it did rage
O'er religion and sweet France
Thousands on a bloody field
As king and peasant both were killed
Five years and a day did pass
'ere the knight came home again
Hobbling on a rough hewn cane
His face was scarred, his legs were lame
Killed by fever and despair
His love lay in her grave alone
Putrid wounds and the Black Death
Left him crippled and bereft
Refrain:
A Hundred Year War it did rage
O'er religion and sweet France
Thousands on a bloody field
Bridge:
A war that lasts a hundred years
With Millions killed and maimed
A war that lasts a hundred years
Must never come again
A war that lasts a hundred years
What villain would propose it?
A war that lasts a hundred years
Good men must all oppose it
Through the forest deep and dark
The brave Knight he came riding
On his dappled steed he rode
Five days from the fighting
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