I'll sing you a song and I know that it's right The words that I give will spread some light A different breed; soldiers from the valley On occupied land always under attack Starving and dying, all was black They went to war; ready to devour If I live I'll tell how they faced the gates of hell Stand up sons hold your ground until the end Give us rain, bring us fire We are here forevermore Desperate hearts, knights of Dalecarlia Through the snow, ice and hailstorms Defenders of the right to be Burning souls destined to be free Knights of Dalecarlia One man stood up 'gainst the tyrants and tried To gather an army to fight them down No one dared but the soldiers from the valley The Danes had to flee from the rage of the north Abandoned the land with the freedom call It's history now and we must all remember People starved and they died so thank god for those who tried Flesh and blood, sweat and tears: for you we cry: