User:Joshmaul/Justice for Lord'ron

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"Justice for Lord'ron: Lament of a Northrend Veteran" is a song I wrote based on "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", a song about the Australia-New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) that fought in the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I. I was particularly inspired by the version of this song sung by Liam Clancy, which I found on YouTube (inspired by a documentary I had seen some years ago on PBS, and have been hooked on the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem ever since).

The narrator of this song is Sir Oren Tanis, a Stormwind general who'd fought in Northrend, and lamented the waste of both the war in Northrend and the war against the Horde while the world burns as a result of the Cataclysm.

Lyrics

"Justice for Lord'ron"

I had just come of age, a shy quiet lad When the news came from Lord'ron that spring Some survivors had told me I'd lost my old dad To Prince Arthas, who'd murdered his King Then several years on, King Varian says "Sons, We're going to Northrend so that justice is done," So we took up our swords, our magic, our guns And we all marched away to the North And we all cried "Justice for Lord'ron!" From the Wetlands, we all sailed away Amid all the tears, flag-waving and cheers We sailed off for Daggercap Bay Well I remember those dark days, of late When our blood stained the snow and the water And how in that hell that they called the Wrathgate We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter The Forsaken were ready, they'd primed themselves well They rained us with plague from their catapult shells And in five minutes flat they'd blown us to Hell Nearly blew us back home to Old Stormwind But we all cried "Justice for Lord'ron!" When we came to avenge our slain In Tirisfal we fought, but it was all for nought So it started all over again With the Argent Crusade, to Icecrown we came Our hearts filled with vengeance and fire The Ashbringer led us, like a bright beacon flame As we pushed to the Throne, ever higher Once the dark blade was broken, and the Lich King was dead The voice of great Bolvar, to Fordring he said "Take that crown that you hold, and place it on my head, And tell no one what happen'd here today" And we all cried "Justice for Lord'ron!" As we returned to our base at the bay The Lich King was gone, the Light's justice done We'd gained justice for Lord'ron that day

Fifty thousand we lost, in that dark, frozen hell In a war we thought'd never end Those who still stood, 'twas their duty to tell Of the brave fallen heroes of Northrend And when our ship pulled into Menethil Bay I thought of Fordragon, as I still do today And I asked myself, "Why did he have to pay So that we could come home to Stormwind?" And we all said "Justice for Lord'ron!" As we thought we would come home to stay Then Deathwing returned, and the whole world burned So once more, we were marching away So now we fight in our shattered world Fighting those who'd once been our brothers The banners of war have again been unfurled But the war we fight now's with each other My King and my comrades, who all hate the Horde Have forsaken the peace that we'd gained in war They've all forgotten what our friends died for But a few of us veterans remember When we all cried "Justice for Lord'ron!" And all mortals had fought side by side But the hate's too strong, so they see nothing wrong With sending more lads off to die