The Wallace

In a land oppressed by the Tyrant
And when his Nobles took over their lands

(instrumental Interlude) 

There arose the son of a Lowland Knight
To avenge what they had done to his bride
He sacked Lanark
For a rebellion was to start
Here the die was cast
The Clans all rallied around him
To deploy in the North
And they faced old Longshank’s army
With this crude warrior force
There they routed it’s course
On the bridge o’er the Forth
And Scotland tasted freedom again
While Wallace was made Guardian over all of the land

Now a new army was amassing
Led by King Edward himself
Through the barb of his longbow
From the charge of heavy horse
And abandoned by the Barons
On the fields of Falkirk
Fell all those brave Scotsmen
A broken Wallace was carried away
And lay safe in the Glens

Now a brigand on the run 
The wild William Wallace fought on
In revenge of his fallen men
He struck again and again 
Defying all attempts to stalk and so to capture him
Through the love of a Princess
In her ivory tower
He avoided all the traps they had laid
Evading their hands time after time

At the end
Betrayed by the Bruce
Shackled and bound
There he was taken down
To face the Longshank’s wrath
Condemned to die on the scaffold
Rent by fire and the knife
When torn limb from limb
Came the stirring ‘FREEDOM’ cry
Though his cause would never die
Though they saw his spirit fly
Now his name will live on, live on
Still lives on

It will live on.

Rodd Sherwin
to a composition by
Jeremy Williams