MEN OF WAR
For fifteen hundred years or more.
These famous men have been at war
They fight by day they fight by night
On squares of black and squares of white.
And so they come face to face
Armed with sword, axe and mace
Soldiers stand in double line
Pawns in front and Kings behind.
Towering rooks do guard our flanks
While watching over waiting ranks
Next to rooks my knight are placed
Dressed in armour silk and lace
Lances pointed at their foe
Waiting for King to order go.
Bishops stand upon their square
Perfectly still in silent prayer
Men of god they may be
But here to fight for victory.
My Queen she stands upon my left
And of my men she fights the best
No mercy will my Queen bestow
On other Queen or ranks below.
She's feared by men one and all
From towering Rooks to pawns so small.
She's feared by Bishop Knight and King
She's here to fight she's here to win.
My army's famous as my name
For Im their King, I'm Charlemagne.
My men are ready there at their best
These ancient warriors
These men of chess.
by C. R CARROLL 2003