Strike The Drum
Strike the drum for Crecy,
And once for Agincourt!
Strike the Drum for Halidon,
And Poitier, and more!
Strike the drum for every man
who's ever bent a bow!
Strike the drum for every man
an archer's stricken low!
Now the yew it is the strong right arm
Of ev'ry English king.
And flax it is the harpstring
That makes the bow to sing.
Grey goose is the feather that
Doth make the foe to fly.
Ash and Iron the talon that
Doth make the foe to die.
Strike the drum for Crecy,
And once for Agincourt!
Strike the Drum for Halidon,
And Poitier, and more!
Strike the drum for every man
who's ever bent a bow!
Strike the drum for every man
an archer's stricken low!
Now at Halidon the wild Scots
Came charging up the hill.
We killed them as they came
Till King Edward had his fill.
At Poitier we taught the French
To darken out the sky.
We taught them, but the only thing
They learned was how to die.
Strike the drum for Crecy,
And once for Agincourt!
Strike the Drum for Halidon,
And Poitier, and more!
Strike the drum for every man
who's ever bent a bow!
Strike the drum for every man
an archer's stricken low!
Now at Crecy then we faced the boys
From Old Genoa Town.
We beat them fair and square but
The Frenchmen rode them down
At Agincourt we fought in mud
Up to the horses' knees and
The Frenchmen paid the butcher's bill
For the Genoese.
Strike the drum for Crecy,
And once for Agincourt!
Strike the Drum for Halidon,
And Poitier, and more!
Strike the drum for every man
who's ever bent a bow!
Strike the drum for every man
an archer's stricken low!
Now a yeoman's life is hard as hell
On this we can agree.
The world cares not a jot for
The likes of you and me.
The high born and the powerful
They keep us down and low.
But they tremble in their stirrups when
An archer bends his bow.
Strike the drum for Crecy,
And once for Agincourt!
Strike the Drum for Halidon,
And Poitier, and more!
Strike the drum for every man
who's ever bent a bow!
Strike the drum for every man
an archer's stricken low!
[Final Chorus]
Strike the drum for Crecy,
And once for Agincourt!
Strike the Drum for Kadesh,
And Taginae, and more!
Strike for every mother's son
who's ever bent a bow!
Strike for every mother's son
an archer's stricken low!
Words and Music: Mathurin Kerbusso (Rex Deaver)
Source: http://mediablog.mail2web.com/Mathurin/portal/
Copyright © 2004 by Rex Deaver, All Rights Reserved
Below are preview mp3s from Calontir Songbook [Calontir Practice CD]. This
CD was reportedly produced by Mathurin [Kerbusso(?)] in Forgotten Sea (Kansas
City). One of the singers is Dorus Whitecap and we recognize the voice of
Simonetta [Musaragni?]. If you know anything about the production of this CD, please email us at 
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- Various Artists
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Calontir Songbook
[Calontir Practice CD]- Song of the Shield Wall - Malkin Gray and Peregrynne Windrider Time: 2:18
- Strongest and Best - Andrixos Seljukroctonis Time: 3:08
- Steel Shod Dance - Andres lyon on Wolvenwood Time: 1:37
- Sixteen Knights - Jason of Westershire (L) / Merle Travis (M) Time: 2:48
- Raven Banner - Malkin Gray and Peregrynne Windrider Time: 2:23
- Non Nobis - Psalm 115:1 (L) / Patrick Doyle (M) Time: 1:43
- Leaving Song - Andrixos Seljukroctonis Time: 4:15
- Hotspur - Andrew Lyon on Wolvenwood Time: 2:14
- Hal's Song - Marcus de la Foret (L) / Trad. (M) Time: 2:52
- Fyrdmen on Campaign - Marcus de la Foret Time: 2:37
- Fruit of the Yew - James Treebull Time: 4:31
- For Crown and for Kingdom - Conn MacNeil Time: 2:30
- Strike the Drum - Mathurin Kerbusso Time: 2:46
- Cheer - Fernando Rodriguez de Falcon and Lyriel de la Foret (L) / Leslie Fish (T) Time: 2:50
- A Grazing Mace - 1st Verse: Unknown, 2-4 Jenna of Southwind (L) / Trad. (M) Time: 3:05
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We received our copy of the practice CD from Fernando Rodriguez De Falcon.