Over 80 years Christians had held Jerusalem Then the infidels recaptured it again
And so the Pope proclaimed a new Crusade With one hundred and fifty thousand men, Barbarossa tempted fate
So he started his march On a torturous road To free the Holy Land In the name of the Lord With the sign of the cross Many battles were fought In lands far away So far away Far away from his home Fighting far away Far away Away from his home
As they reached the river Saleph, he crossed it on his horse Falling down into the water, his heavy armour made him drown
And he started his march On a torturous road To free the Holy Land In the name of the Lord With the sign of the cross Many battles were fought In lands far away So far away Far away from his home Dying far away Far away Buried far away from home Buried far away from home Buried far away from home
