Take Me to My Tent

[Verse 1]
Take me to my tent, I am so tired
Take me to my tent, I am on fire
Take my horse away
Give him fresh water and the sweetest hay
I almost lost my faithful today

[Chorus]
Send a girl to my tent
Let her voice be low and well-modulated
Let no harshness thrall my ears tonight

[Verse 2]
Take me to my tent, I am so tired
My eyes are burning, my throat is parched
My sword arm heavy from the march
I spent all day on the white hot plains
Guarding all of my terrain

[Verse 3]
I heard a sound in the birdsong
I saw a sign in thе morning dew
I knew today would be thе day
That I would be the hero true

[Chorus]
Send a girl to my tent
Let her hands be soft and cool
Have her wash my aching body
And get the smell of blood out of my nose

[Verse 4]
I waited 'til I saw them rise
Above the crest, the whites of their eyes
I kicked my horse forward
He was coming at me
Leading his army
My mortal enemy

[Verse 5]
I surprised him with speed
My sword hit its mark
But as he fell to the ground
My horse stumbled
I tumbled upon him
We lay breast to breast
We lay there like lovers
And what happened then I cannot say

[Verse 6]
I scrambled up from his bloody breast
I flung myself upon my horse
I let out a cry to end all cries
The rage in my heart that day
I remember it still

[Verse 7]
I must have killed a hundred men
And so they'll say in minstrel song
I will go down in history
A hero of brotherhood gone wrong

[Chorus]
Send a girl to my tent
But there must be no sex tonight
For surely a single kiss would draw a child

[Verse 8]
And when I've rested I will join
My men around the ring of fire
The sparks fly up, the stars fall down
We draw our plans upon the ground

[Verse 9]
No suicide shall keep me
From this game of cards I chose
The general is lonely
But this is his job and thusly
He accepts