Cold Iron - David Philo.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Rudyard Kipling
[00:00.000]Cold Iron
[00:00.579]write by Rudyard Kipling
[00:01.119]Gold is for the mistress -- silver for the maid --
[00:04.169]Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade.
[00:08.089]"Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall,
[00:10.973]"But Iron -- Cold Iron -- is master of them all."
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[00:15.791]So he made rebellion 'gainst the King his liege,
[00:18.244]Camped before his citadel and summoned it to siege.
[00:21.961]"Nay!" said the cannoneer on the castle wall,
[00:25.297]"But Iron -- Cold Iron -- shall be master of you all!"
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[00:29.971]Woe for the Baron and his knights so strong,
[00:33.050]When the cruel cannon-balls laid 'em all along;
[00:36.357]He was taken prisoner, he was cast in thrall,
[00:39.525]And Iron -- Cold Iron -- was master of it all!
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[00:43.996]Yet his King spake kindly (ah, how kind a Lord!)
[00:48.323]"What if I release thee now and give thee back thy sword?"
[00:52.654]"Nay!" said the Baron, "mock not at my fall,
[00:56.369]For Iron -- Cold Iron -- is master of men all."
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[01:00.833]Tears are for the craven, prayers are for the clown --
[01:04.383]Halters for the silly neck that cannot keep a crown.
[01:09.283]"As my loss is grievous, so my hope is small,
[01:13.194]For Iron -- Cold Iron -- must be master of men all!"
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[01:17.709]Yet his King made answer (few such Kings there be!)
[01:20.762]"Here is Bread and here is Wine -- sit and sup with me.
[01:24.806]Eat and drink in Mary's Name, the whiles I do recall
[01:28.552]How Iron -- Cold Iron -- can be master of men all!"
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[01:33.615]He took the Wine and blessed it. He blessed and brake the Bread,
[01:36.861]With His own Hands He served Them, and presently He said:
[01:40.351]"See! These Hands they pierced with nails, outside My city wall,
[01:44.837]Show Iron -- Cold Iron -- to be master of men all."
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[01:49.674]"Wounds are for the desperate, blows are for the strong.
[01:53.357]Balm and oil for weary hearts all cut and bruised with wrong.
[01:57.948]I forgive thy treason -- I redeem thy fall --
[02:01.347]For Iron -- Cold Iron -- must be master of men all!"
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[02:06.833]Crowns are for the valiant -- sceptres for the bold!
[02:10.577]Thrones and powers for mighty men who dare to take and hold.
[02:15.784]"Nay!" said the Baron, kneeling in his hall,
[02:19.170]"But Iron -- Cold Iron -- is master of men all!
[02:23.017]Iron out of Calvary is master of men all!"