Borderland

歌詞

Summer fell behind us and a cold came to the trees There was just a hint of wood smoke on the gentle autumn breeze We marched out in good order, with our banners floating high We slept beneath the dancing stars that thronged the northern sky Along the borderland Along the borderland I'd heard of painted savages who lived beyond the wall At last the soldiers laughter, snow began to fall And our sergeant called us villains, but that's the sergeant's will And we sang our bawdy soldiers' songs and climbed the empty hill Along the borderland Along the borderland As we reached the end of empire, we were weary to the bone We looked along the ramparts where a thousand beacons shone We heard the drums and screaming from the land just out of sight And a fringe of wild and fitful, we lay down for the night Along the borderland Along the borderland And still I dream of smiling girls and the warm seas of home I curse the day I marched away to serve the cause of Rome (Instrumental) Orders came next morning and we mustered at the gate Our sergeant shook his head at us and cursed his evil fate There was talk of swift reprisals on the Celtic northern dogs But our hearts were sorely troubled as we marched into the fog Along the borderland Along the borderland Along the borderland Along the borderland