Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Parody Violation track 7. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
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Lyrics (Rudyard Kipling):

The knight came home from the quest, muddied and sore he came
Battered of shield and crest, bannerless, bruised and lame
In fighting we take no shame, better is man for a fall
Merrily borne, the bugle-horn answered the warder’s call:

Chorus: "Here is my lance to mend (Haro!),
Here is my horse to be shot!
Oh yes, they were strong, the fight was long,
But I paid as good as I got!
I paid 'em as good as I got!"

"Oh, dark and deep was their van, that mocked my battle-cry
I could not miss my man, but I could not carry by
Utterly whelmed was I; flung under, horse and all."
Merrily borne, the bugle-horn answered the warder’s call:

(Chorus)

"My wounds are noised abroad, but theirs my foemen cloak
You see my broken sword, but never the blades she broke
Trading them stroke for stroke, good handsel over all."
Merrily borne, the bugle-horn answered the warder’s call:

(Chorus)

"My shame you count and know, you say my quest is vain
But you have not seen my foe, you haven't counted his slain
Surely he fights again, again, but when you prove his line,
There will come to your aid my broken blade in this last, lost fight of mine!"

(Chorus)