Oh soldier bang your drum,
Trumpet play your tune,
Horse stamp and chew your bit,
You’ll be marching soon.
The challenge of war is given,
Time to take up arms,
To march to war in distant lands,
To face its toils and harms.
Squire polish your master’s armor,
Ready his long sword,
For soon you’ll march to foreign lands,
To fight for your lord.
Stable boy, mend the harness,
Polish the worn saddle,
Soon your charges will be needed,
To bear us into battle.
And you mothers, kiss your sons,
Kiss them once again,
For soon they’ll march into battle,
And ne’er return again.
And wives hold fast to your men,
Hold them close to you,
Feed them their last warm meals,
For soon, it’s battlefield stew.
So women all, speak your goodbyes,
For we leave today,
For we leave to march along,
March on our way.
And if ever we return home again,
Changed we will be,
Changed by all our battle scars,
By all we go to see.
Oh soldier bang your drum,
Trumpet play your tune,
Horse stamp and chew your bit,
You’ll be marching soon.
Squires polish your masters’ armor,
Ready their long swords,
For soon they’ll march to foreign lands,
To fight with foreign lords.
By Analexii (Cassidy R. Scaglione)
Author notes
I don't know what family member i want to be, surprise me.
The third of my Bardic Ballads... See "Bardic Ballad: Tryst" for more information on just what it is i'm doing here.
A contest entry
- FAMILY FOR BLESSEDANGEL by JoyfulWriter.
450 points, ended February 12, 2007, 14 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Give me some poetry!!! by James L Williams.
500 points, ended March 17, 2007, 17 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Can you Rhyme (pre-writes allowed) by Dark Whispers.
334 points, ended April 3, 2007, 36 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Sad. Moving. Intense. Well done
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This is so amazing! You really wrote the emotions of going off to war. I really enjoyed reading this! Great job! Good luck in my contest. Smiles, Terry
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Well Done!
Another great poem Analexii, I read another one by you, that had 300 lines...Took me a while to read that one, but not this one! Anyways, it was a nice poem, with a medieval feel to it, which i liked. The rhyming was perfect, like it melted in your mouth, lol. Loved it!
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I remember your previous comment! Thanks for taking the time to read more of my work, i'm glad you enjoyed it!
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