| «what do I do next? |
| «said the bishop to the priest,
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| «i have spent my whole life waiting, preparing for the feast,
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| And now you say jerusalem has fallen and is lost,
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| The king of heathen saracen has seized the holy cross.»
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| Then the priest said «oh my bishop, we must put them to the sword,
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| For God in all his mercy will find a just reward,
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| For the noblemen and sinners, and knights of ready hand
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| Who will be the lord’s crusader, send word throughout all the land,
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| Jerusalem is lost,
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| Jerusalem is lost,
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| Jerusalem is lost;"
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| «tell me what to do», said the king upon his throne,
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| «but speak to me in whispers for we are not alone,
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| They tell me that jerusalem has fallen to the hand
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| Of some bedevilled eastern heathen who has seized the holy land;»
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| Then the chamberlain said «lord, we must call upon our foes
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| In spain and france and germany to end our bitter wars,
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| All christian men must be as one and gather for the fight,
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| You will be their leader, begin the battle cry,
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| Jerusalem is lost,
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| Jerusalem is lost,
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| Jerusalem is lost"…
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| Ooh, high on a hill, in the town of jerusalem,
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| There stood saladin, the king of the saracens,
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| Whoring and drinking and snoring and sinking, around him his army lay,
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| Secure in the knowledge that they had won the day;
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| A messenger came, blood on his feet and a wound in his chest,
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| «the christians are coming!"he said, «i have seen their cross in the west,»
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| In a rage saladin struck him down with his knife
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| And he said «i know that this man lies,
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| They quarrel too much, the christians could never unite!
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| I am invincible, I am the king,
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| I am invincible, and I will win…"
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| Close they came, the army of richard the lionheart,
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| Marching by day and night, with soldiers from every part,
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| And when the crusaders came over the mountain and they saw jerusalem,
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| They fell to their knees and prayed for her release;
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| They started the battle at dawn, taking the city by storm,
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| With horsemen and bowmen and engines of war,
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| They broke through the city walls,
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| The heathens were flying and screaming and dying,
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| And the christian swords were strong,
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| And saladin ran when he heard their victory song;
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| «we are invincible, God is the king,
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| We are invincible, and we will win!»
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| «what do I do now? |
| «said the wiseman to the fool,
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| «i have spent my whole life searching, to find the golden rule,
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| Though centuries have disappeared, the memory still remains
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| Of those enemies together, could it be that way again? |
| "
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| Then the fool said «oh you wise men, you really make me laugh,
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| With your talk of vast persuasion and searching through the past,
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| There is only greed and evil in the men that fight today,
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| The song of the crusader has long since gone away,
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| Jerusalem is lost,
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| Jerusalem is lost,
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| Jerusalem is lost…
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| Jerusalem." |