Border Raid in Lions March

When the Lion arrived, the war did start - A wicked day, indeed
 'Cause sweat and blood abounded - From all men and steed
 See the daylight lay in ashes - While the dead are still
 Hear the armies roar for freedom - On the blackened border hill
 The Lion looks,
 looks across the plain - And questions battles in avoidable pain
 Heaves a wistfull sigh - And wishes the battle, the battle was a lie
 Army of some thousand fighting - Men climbed the frowning ridge
 With their flaming swords all drawn
 free - And their pennants at the knee
 Their waving of their banners - And the rattle of their spears
 Risen to break the dominion - And bring peace for years
 Now at least I've come to see what my
 life is - Nothing's ended, it only begun
 And the brave victories that seemed so
 splendid - They were never, never really won
 To border raid, to border raid in Lions march
 The battle smoke has fled
 Just after a century and a quarter past
 Tonight
 We border raid - We border raid in Lions march
 The battle smoke has fled
 Just after a century and a quarter past
 Lord blessed by the dead
 Now at least I've come to see what my
 life is - Nothing's ended, it only begun
 And the brave victories that seemed so
 splendid - They were never, never really won
 To border raid, to border raid in Lions march
 The battle smoke has fled
 Just after a century and a quarter past
 Tonight
 We border raid - We border raid in Lions march
 The battle smoke has fled
 Just after a century and a quarter past
 Lord blessed by the dead
 We border raid
 We border raid in Lions march
 We border raid
 We border raid in Lions march
 Raid in Lions march