Charles the Great
演唱：Christopher LeeCharles the Great - Christopher Lee
Einhard gather near
Come hither to my bedside
The hour that
I must retire is drawing ever near
From the exigencies of this life
My deeds laid out before your eyes
And my conscience must be clear
Charles my dear son
The time has now come
The House of Arnulf
Had produced the heir and son
To lead the faithless
Where we are all waiting for you now
In the eternal kingdom
Where we at last are one
Finally you can look back
Upon your many great deeds
Like your fathers
Before you have been planted the seeds
The consummation
Of your ancestors' ambitions
The founding of a great empire
Of Christian nations
Father this oath I swear
That I shall fight to keep the Lord
In all of Francia and beyond
To heathen fields and Saxon hordes
Who would tread upon
A sacred place of ours
Shall learn to fear
The name of Charlemagne
One that will be without
Peer even long after I have gone
Charlemagne oh Charlemagne
A shaft of light in a Dark Age
For now he is the King of the Franks
Standing tall above men of all ranks
Homage and tribute to him will pay
And all his enemies shall be cast away
'Cause now he has inherited the throne
The young prince
Who soon came into his own
Carloman my dear brother
We grew apart
But my love for you did not depart
You let the plotters turn
Your head against me
And then oh father Now he is dead
How his widow
And children weep by his bed
Now I am ruler of all your empire
And I am alone in the adventure
But you came to me father
I feel not on my own
And guided me on my sword
As sure as on my throne
And now you are being
Besieged by the Saracen
But holding firm are
The Christian Kings of Spain
The Frankish might
Pushed them back south
'Cross the mountains to
Form the Spanish March
And what of the other pagan tribes
Who disrespected His Holy See
They knelt before him
And gave back that
Which they had taken
From The Holy City
Father this oath I swear that
I shall fight to keep the Lord
In all of Francia and beyond
To heathen fields and Saxon hordes
Who would tread upon
A sacred place of ours
Shall learn to fear
The name of Charlemagne
One that will be without
Peer even long after I have gone
Charlemagne oh Charlemagne
A shaft of light in a Dark Age
For now he is the King of the Franks
Standing tall above men of all ranks
Homage and tribute to him will pay
And all his enemies shall be cast away
'Cause now he has inherited the throne
The young prince
Who soon came into his own
Charlemagne oh Charlemagne
A shaft of light in a Dark Age
For now he is the King of the Franks
Standing tall above men of all ranks
Homage and tribute to him will pay
And all his enemies shall be cast away
'Cause now he has inherited the throne
The young prince
Who soon came into his own
Einhard gather near
Come hither to my bedside
The hour that
I must retire is drawing ever near
From the exigencies of this life
My deeds laid out before your eyes
And my conscience must be clear
Charles my dear son
The time has now come
The House of Arnulf
Had produced the heir and son
To lead the faithless
Where we are all waiting for you now
In the eternal kingdom
Where we at last are one
Finally you can look back
Upon your many great deeds
Like your fathers
Before you have been planted the seeds
The consummation
Of your ancestors' ambitions
The founding of a great empire
Of Christian nations
Father this oath I swear
That I shall fight to keep the Lord
In all of Francia and beyond
To heathen fields and Saxon hordes
Who would tread upon
A sacred place of ours
Shall learn to fear
The name of Charlemagne
One that will be without
Peer even long after I have gone
Charlemagne oh Charlemagne
A shaft of light in a Dark Age
For now he is the King of the Franks
Standing tall above men of all ranks
Homage and tribute to him will pay
And all his enemies shall be cast away
'Cause now he has inherited the throne
The young prince
Who soon came into his own
Carloman my dear brother
We grew apart
But my love for you did not depart
You let the plotters turn
Your head against me
And then oh father Now he is dead
How his widow
And children weep by his bed
Now I am ruler of all your empire
And I am alone in the adventure
But you came to me father
I feel not on my own
And guided me on my sword
As sure as on my throne
And now you are being
Besieged by the Saracen
But holding firm are
The Christian Kings of Spain
The Frankish might
Pushed them back south
'Cross the mountains to
Form the Spanish March
And what of the other pagan tribes
Who disrespected His Holy See
They knelt before him
And gave back that
Which they had taken
From The Holy City
Father this oath I swear that
I shall fight to keep the Lord
In all of Francia and beyond
To heathen fields and Saxon hordes
Who would tread upon
A sacred place of ours
Shall learn to fear
The name of Charlemagne
One that will be without
Peer even long after I have gone
Charlemagne oh Charlemagne
A shaft of light in a Dark Age
For now he is the King of the Franks
Standing tall above men of all ranks
Homage and tribute to him will pay
And all his enemies shall be cast away
'Cause now he has inherited the throne
The young prince
Who soon came into his own
Charlemagne oh Charlemagne
A shaft of light in a Dark Age
For now he is the King of the Franks
Standing tall above men of all ranks
Homage and tribute to him will pay
And all his enemies shall be cast away
'Cause now he has inherited the throne
The young prince
Who soon came into his own