Aten Man

Words by Ioseph of Locksley 
To the tune of "Irish Soldier Laddie" by Pat McGuigan

Chorus (after every verse):
              G            F          C
     Will you stand in the van like a true Aten man
                                           G         G7
     And hold the line for Kingdom and for Crown?
              C                        F
     Will you fight and never yield on Estrella's battlefield?
           G                               C
     For today's the day we're takin' Caid down!

C                             F              C
As I stood in a crowd I saw a valiant laddie walkin',
                                     D             G7
With his armour and his sword down a quiet country lane;
   C                       F             C
He smiled and he waved and he bespoke me truly,
   G7                              C
He beckoned and he called to me by name.


On a quiet village street stood a bowman strong and hearty,
As he bade a fond farewell to his pretty peasant lass;
And his eyes were flashin' bright as he bent his head and kissed her,
And these words he said beneath the parting glass:

Came a knight upon his steed, with his squires ridin' after,
With his pennon and his lance and his shinin' silver mail;
With his lady's favor hangin' from his belt of leather,
And passin' close he smiled and bade me "Hail!"

In a sunny castle hall, with her minstrels and her maidens,
Stood a lady, strong and proud, with a fire in her eyes;
"If my King is off to war, what can I but fight beside him?"
She raised her sword, and shouted to the skies:

From city and from township, from barony and marches,
Come the men of Aten's land with a fire in their eyes; 
Atenveldt and Ysgithr, Mons Tinitrus and SunDragon,
And a hundred thousand others 'neath the sky!

(Alternate final verse:)
From city and from township, from barony and marches,
Come the folk of our fair land, with a fire in their eyes;
Knights and masters, men at arms, squires and ladies fit for battle,
And a hundred thousand others 'neath the sky!


 On Serious Steel album, by Leslie Fish and Joe Bethancourt, 1995