Minstrel Tales - Shield Lander's Lament

This is mournful song about the many Shield Landers who have fallen fighting against the forces of the Horned Society.

Shield Lander's Lament

I’m just an old loyal Shield Lander

I’m fighten' through this world of woe.

There is no sickness, toil, nor danger,

That will keep me from my mortal foe.

I’m going home to see my father,

I’m going home no more to roam;

It's just across that Ritensa River,

I'm gonna cross to get to home.

I see dark clouds have gathered o’er me,

I see my pathway’s rough and steep;

But no Horned Fiend is gonna stop me,

My weary eyes no more shall weep.

I’m going there to see my mother,

She said she’d meet me when I come;

It's just across the Ritensa River,

I'm gonna cross to get to home.

I'm gonna tell the Shield Lands story,

Together with my blood-soaked band;

I'm gonna wear that shield of glory ,

When I get home to that good land.

I’m going there to see my brothers,

They passed before me one by one;

It's just across that Ritensa River,

I'm gonna cross to get to home.

I’ll soon be free from every trial,

This form will rest beneath the sod;

I've fought every step and every mile

Now the path of death my feet do trod.

I’m going home to see my sisters,

Who shed for me their precious blood;

It's just across that Ritensa River,

I'm gonna cross to get to home.

(Altered from the song 'Wayfaring Stranger')