Hit 'em Again

Words: Marcus de la Forest
Tune: Paddy on the Railway
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At first in AS twenty one
They hit our shield war at a run
And that is how the war's begun
Fightin' in the shield wall.

Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Fightin' in the shield wall.

And then in AS twenty two
We adorned our helms with tape of blue
The King of Caid knew what to do
He fought inside the shield wall

Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Fightin' in the shield wall.

And then in AS twenty three
The King of Calontir honored me.
He said a fyrdman you will be
For Fightin' in the shield wall.

Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Fightin' in the shield wall.

And then in AS twenty four
We headed east to the Pennsic War
At falcon's bridge each slayed a score
From safe inside the shield wall.

Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Fightin' in the shield wall.

And then in AS twenty five
I found myself more dead than alive
Curse the luck that I survived
Get back into the shield wall

Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Fightin' in the shield wall.

And then in AS twenty six
We had to fight those tuchux pricks
They'll die to guns but not to sticks
Fightin' against the shield wall

Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Fightin' in the shield wall.

And then in AS twenty nine
I earned a rest behind the line
They gave me a harp and wings divine
For fightin' in the shield wall

Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Fightin' in the shield wall.

And then in AS twenty ten
I found myself back on it again
Between a knight with a bodhran and a baldric'd wren
Fightin' in the shield wall.

Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Hit 'em again until they fall.
Fightin' in the shield wall.

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