Now I have seen the mighty mountain and heard the restless sea
There is no greater image that my old heart may bring to me
For I am not a stranger adrift upon some foreign shore
But a native born who sees trouble that’s coming soon and more.
I pray that we acknowledge that our future holds great danger
We forgot how times are changed ere we welcomed in the stranger
And so it is that now we are prepared as we must need be
To keep our homeland safe and from all its enemies be free !
I’ve seen the troops in battle dress
They make me proud I must confess
I wish they were but dressing-up
To partake of sweet valour’s cup
Instead of battling someone’s cause
While fighting in these futile wars.
There is no break nor any end
The fracas leaves no untouched friend
There’s no peace found to fill the air
We’ve only distress everywhere.
The saddest part we must accept
We’ve done our job and are bereft !
The men who died on that first day,
Our heroes who did lead the way
They won the field in spite of fear,
Though lack of powder cost them dear.
Those patriots did do their best
And tried to scatter all the rest,
It took five years to end that war
So many lives and too much more.
Now once again we face a fight
To conquer dark, embrace the light,
As evil does lay siege our door
And aims to crush us evermore !
