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The Citadel is Free - Beau

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The Minster's spires

Draw soldiers in from encampment fires

To hear the tiding each desires;

"The citadel is free "

By the light of every soldier's torch

The proclamation from the porch

Gives each his reason for debauch

The citadel is free

The streets within the fortress throng

The air is filled with soldiers' song

Laments from where

Their hearts belong

The citadel is free

The taverns there to take their gold

Until the wine and ale is sold

Until the sun relieves the cold

The citadel is free

At early light the fortress gate

Is trundled open to await

The column to relieve its fate

The citadel is free

But then without

A word or prayer

The garrison becomes aware

The enemy is standing there

The citadel is free

Their horses on the street obey

And crush the skulls

Where still they lay

And with a final short affray

The citadel is free

The Bishop's door at midnight groans

He picks a way amongst the stones

The silver pieces and the bones

The citadel is free

The silver pieces and the bones

The citadel is free