See them squirming yonder Their camp is rank with fear; No breath dares blow the horn Only a whispered word - "The cataphracts are here!"
Belisarius rides at dawn To greet the barbarians With steel, fire and sword He'll bring them to kneel Before the Empire's golden Double headed Eagle...
"The cataphracts are here!" The enemy quakes in fear - Belisarius rides at dawn: Hellenic blood a' flowing In the brave Thracian's veins...
Emperor Justinian has decreed That the cataphracts doth march To free the Eternal City anon From the clutches of the Ostrogoth...
Belisarius rides at dawn Proud ahead of a legion Of cataphracts bound for war The imperial standard They carry forth...
