Alastair McDonald - William Wallace (Knight of Elderslie) | Текст песни

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• Alastair McDonald
• William Wallace (Knight of Elderslie)

When Scotland lay in darkness under English Edward's heel,
there rose a lad to lead us and to make the tyrant reel,
he raised up his arm for freedom,
showing them the Scottish steel
William Wallace, the knight of Elderslie.

Sing now of Wallace, the knight of Elderslie,
guardian of Scotland,
of truth and liberty!

With the loyal Andrew Moray,
how he danced the English down!
At Berwick and at Stirling,
he provoked the royal throne
and mercenary traitors for Carlisle to London town,
spoke of Wallace, the knight of Elderslie.

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But the sky grew black at Falkirk as the English arrows sped
and many a mother's son did lie among the bloody dead
and when they took Judas money that was placed upon the head
of Wallace, the knight of Elderslie.

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Then the noblest heart in Scotland was revealed for all to see,
when they hacked him into pieces underneath the gallows-tree
but the butchery and slaughter cannot scar the memory
of Wallace, the knigh of Elderslie.

Once again the land's in darkness as we hang our heads to mourn
and remember how the Wallace caused oppression's time to turn.
But Scotsmen I stand ready and prepare for Bannockburn,
thanks to Wallace, the knight of Elderslie.