Rolling Back to Old Caid

Words: Andrew Ward
Music: traditional- Rolling Down to Old Maui
Source: Calontir Post-Revel Songbook Primer
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It's a damn tough life full of toil and strife
That the shield wall undergoes.
And we won't give a damn when the war is done
How far we had to go.
We're Estrella bound from the Falcon's Crown
With an ice chest full of mead,
And we'll give our all when we fight beside
The dolphins of old Caid.

Rolling back to old Caid, me boys,
Rolling back to old Caid,
We're Estrella bound from the Falcon's Crown,
Rolling back to old Caid.

One more we'll sail 'gainst the western gale,
Through ice and wind and rain.
Them cactus fronds and tropic palms
We soon shall see again.
Twelve hellish months we've passed away
Estrella for to see,
But now we're bound from the Falcon's Crown,
Rolling back to old Caid.

Rolling back to old Caid, me boys,
Rolling back to old Caid,
We're Estrella bound from the Falcon's Crown,
Rolling back to old Caid.

Once more we'll stand, purple shields in hand,
Our friendship for to show,
A kingdom comes, our waiting's done,
Our alliance all will know,
We'll set up that prideful wall again
Any time the war-cry sounds,
A hot war-lust is filling us,
Thank God we're Estrella bound!

Rolling back to old Caid, me boys,
Rolling back to old Caid,
We're Estrella bound from the Falcon's Crown,
Rolling back to old Caid.

How close our ties to the Crescent Crown,
Though our home is far astern.
We'll make our stand in a foreign land,
Then it's home we will return.
But for now the Falcon's claws lash out,
Caid shall always be free,
The Falcon soars flying for the wars,
Flying back to old Caid.

Rolling back to old Caid, me boys,
Rolling back to old Caid,
We're Estrella bound from the Falcon's Crown,
Rolling back to old Caid.

Rolling back to old Caid, me boys,
Rolling back to old Caid,
We're Estrella bound from the Falcon's Crown,
Rolling back to old Caid.

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