LEADING PLAYER
BATTLES, BARBAROUS AND BLOODY

GLORY! GLORY!
GLORY! GLORY!
PRAISE BE TO CHARLES OUR LORD
TRIUMPHANT IS HIS SWORD
ALLEGIANCE IS HIS WORD
GLORY! GLORY!
GLORY! GLORY!

BLOOD!

BLOOD IS RED AS SUNSET
BLOOD IS WARMER THAN WINE
THE TASTE OF SALTY SUMMER BRINE

STEEL!

ALL
STEEL IS COLD AS MOONLIGHT
STEEL IS SHARPER THAN SIGHT
SHARPER THAN SIGHT
THE TOUCH OF BITTER WINTER WHITE

SOLDIERS
SHOUT IT OUT FROM THE HIGHEST TOWER
SHOUT IT OUT IN THE DARKEST HOUR
CHARLEMAGNE, YOU LEAD US ON TO

ALL
POWER!

LEADING PLAYER SOLDIERS

WAR IS STRICT AS JESUS WAR
WAR IT'S FINER THAN SPRING WAR
LEADING PLAYER AND TWO SOLDIERS
SERVICE TO CHRIST AND TO OUR

ALL
KING.
SHOUT IT OUT FROM THE HIGHEST TOWER
SHOUT IT OUT IN THE DARKEST HOUR
CHARLEMAGNE, YOU LEAD US ON TO POWER...

(The LEADING PLAYER and TWO SOLDIERS do a dance behind which killings are taking place in limbo. )
LEADING PLAYER
(When the dance is at an end)
WAR IS STRICT AS JESUS
WAR IS FINER THAN SPRING

Oh, you ain't seen nuthin' yet!

ALL
THE GATES OF HEAVEN AWAIT
THROWN WIDE BY CHARLES THE GREAT
WE FOLLOW HIM THROUGH BY SERVING HIS STATE

GLORY! GLORY!
GLORY! GLORY!

Glor