ANST - Kingdom War Song

[Sean Hertzberg]

Here are the words for the Ansteorran Line.

Avery

THE ANSTEORRAN LINE
Alden Pharamond
(cheerfully plagiarized from "Clare's Dragoons")

On any Known World battlefield
   An army finds it's fate is sealed
And they know that they must die, or yield
   Before -- the Ansteorran Line
So let all who face our might today
   And try to hold our swords at bay
Be the next to join the dead who lay
   Along -- the Ansteorran Line

And cry "Vivat!" for the heroes (of) old
   Cry "Vivat!" for the new ones, too
And cry "Vivat!" for the Black and Gold
   And the Star that shines when hearts are true

And whene'er for honor's field, we vie,   Our Kingdom's banners sweep the 
sky
And we know we'll win, or bravely die,   Within -- the Ansteorran Line
For never when our spears were set,   And never when our shield-walls met
Have our foemen failed to pay the debt,   Unto -- the Ansteorran Line

CHORUS

And for every fallen friend we must,   Fulfill for them this warrior's trust
A dozen foes shall bite the dust,   Before -- the Ansteorran Line
So fling your war-flag to the sky,   "Vivat the Star!" your battle cry
And fight 'till the blood floats knee-cop high,   Around -- the Ansteorran 
Line

CHORUS

Reprise   So on any Known World battlefield,   An army finds it's fate is 
sealed
And they know that they must die, or yield,   Before -- the Ansteorran Line
So fling your war-flag to the sky,   "Vivat the Star" our battle cry
And fight 'till the blood floats knee-cop high,   Around -- the Ansteorran 
Line

And cry "Vivat!" for the heroes (of) old
   Cry "Vivat!" for the new ones, too
And cry "Vivat!" for the Black and Gold…
   …And the Star that lives ... in me – and - you!


>Greetings All,
>
>The one thing that became apparent that we were missing at the recent
>Gulf War was the war song that the kingdom chose as its anthem last
>summer. The song was written by Don Alden and was received with a
>rousing cheer by the populace. But it was not, to my knowledge, widely
>distributed to the kingdom and therefore to the Ansteorran army.
>
>It is my fervent hope that the Ansteorran host will march onto the
>battlefield next March with this rousing song in its heart and on its
>lips. Does anyone out there have the lyrics to this anthem? If so, can
>you please publish it to this list? If I can get the lyrics, I will send
>them to the kingdom Chronicler for publication in the Black Star as well
>as my barony's newsletter. If we begin learning this song now and
>singing it around camp fires at events, we will know it well come Gulf
>War XI.
>
>Alaric and Kayliegh did a good thing in commissioning this song during
>their reign, let's not let a good idea perish for lack of follow
>through.
>
>Many thanks,
>Pendaran
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