Story Behind The Song
Susan Nikas wrote this and I fell in love with the song....war is something I have never understood and this song gave credence to the effect war has on the world. In the past and now....she was gracious enough to give me permission to sing this song in my style...Thank you Susan.
Song Description
A Knight finds he has to go to war and returns too find his life has changed in more ways then one. Body maimed...lover lost
| Song Length |
3:44 |
Genre |
Folk - Traditional, Folk - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
Subject |
History, Past, War |
| Similar Artists |
, Enya |
Language |
English |
| Era |
Before 1600 |
| |
Lyrics
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
glories war he swore to wage
until his foes did yield
Refrain
A Hundred Years 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 scared, his legs were lame
Killed by fever and lost hope
his love lay in her grave alone
putrid wounds and the Black Death
left him crippled and bereft
Refrain
Bridge...spoken
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
A war that lasts a hundred years...must never come again, must never come again.
Through the forest deep and dark
the brave knight he came riding
on his dappled steed he rode
five days from the fighting