Whom I courted and wed,

The Joy of my Life when the hearthstone fires blazed.

Peace? What a travesty! Give back my wife

And the brave little son, who gave up his life

That she might escape

From the murder or rape

Of helmeted hordes in the unequal strife!

Peace? Where is my father? Cleaning your shoes!

Like a thousand old men you maim and abuse.

He was true to his Land,