(Harris)
"My son ask for thyself another
Kingdom, for that which I leave
is too small
for thee"
(King Philip of Macedonia - 339 B.C.)
Near to the east
In a part of
ancient Greece
In an ancient land called Macedonia
Was born a son
To Philip of
Macedon
The legend his name was Alexander
At the age of nineteen
He became the
Macedon King
And he swore to free all of Asia Minor
By the Aegian Sea
In 334 B.C.
He
utterly beat the armies of Persia
Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts
of men
Alexander the Great
Became a legend 'mongst mortal men
King Darius the
third
Defeated fled Persia
The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes
Then Egypt fell to
the Macedon King as well
And he founded the city called Alexandria
By the Tigris
river
He met King Darius again
And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela
Entering
Babylon
And Susa, treasures he found
Took Persepolis the capital of
Persia
Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the
Great
Became a God amongst mortal men
A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke
And
Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot'
And legend said that who untied the knot
He would become
the master of Asia
Helonism he spread far and wide
The Macedonian learned
mind
Their culture was a western way of life
He paved the way for
Christianity
Marching on, marching on
The battle weary marching side by
side
Alexander's army line by line
They wouldn't follow him to India
Tired of the
combat, pain and the glory
Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of
men
Alexander the G
