For My Lord, He Calls and I Go - Lyrics and Tune by Brian C. Bertrand

The lands I now hold were my fathers' of old;
Well tended and guarded they are;
Spring planting is finished, the lambs in the fold;
The call comes, a summons to war;
For my lord, he calls and I go;

Chorus
I've left home and family to fight for my lord;
To call for my sword is his right;
I'll follow his banner whatever the toll;
For glory and honor I'll fight;
For my lord, he calls and I go;

We gather full armed, mighty knights some ten score;
We each swear that we go to fight;
To bring sword and bow to the Holy Land far;
To free it from seracens' blight;
For my lord, he calls and I go;

Chorus

For a year we traveled along the hard road;
Through battle and illness and grief;
We stand before Acre, a siege we do hold;
To seize her and take her in fief;
For my lord, he calls and I go;

Chorus

The dead lie scattered, faces ashen and cold;
Fair Acre is now held in thrall;
The fall of Jerusalem thus is foretold;
As life fades, I hear Heaven's call;
For my Lord, he calls and I go;

Final Chorus
I left home and family to fight for my lord;
To call for my sword was his right;
Though I fell in battle, fear not for my soul;
I stand now before Heaven's light;
For my Lord, he calls and I go;

For my Lord, he calls and I go;