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The battlefield behind us	A
And night loomed on the track	B
The Friends of Fallen Fortunes	C
Were riding at my back	B
Save those who lay face upward	D
Upon the sodden plain	E
Not one of all I'd trusted	F
Was missing from my train	E
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A draggled train and blood stained	G
With helmets dented in	H
With battered loosened armour	I
But with a cheerful grin	H
No dark look bent upon me	J
I noted to my shame	K
That Friends of Fallen Fortunes	C
Are aye the last to blame	K
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Not one of all I'd trusted	F
Who'd followed to their cost	L
Save those who lay face upward	D
On that red field I'd lost	M
And here and there a soldier	I
I'd trusted not at all	N
Like an unexpected mourner	I
At a poor man's funeral	O
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And as the horses stumbled	P
And the footmen limped along	Q
They all joined in the chorus	A
Of a good old Next Time song	Q
Behind us in the distance	R
By hill and lane and wood	S
My ever dwindling rear guard	T
Fell back again and stood	S
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They recked not wounds nor losses	U
They all seemed very kind	V
From knight who rode beside me	J
To boor who limped behind	V
And some borne in their litters	W
Through that long agony	J
Their death white pain drawn faces	U
Had no reproach for me	J
	-
And so from noon till darkness	A
Till morning grim and grey	X
The Earl's son and the Peasant's	A
Were brothers that dark day	X
I straightened in my saddle	O
And proudly glanced me round	Y
I still was King of Comrades	A
Whoever might be crowned	Y
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I straightened in my saddle	O
And glanced round proudly then	Z
Whoe'er might reign a season	A2
I held the hearts of men	Z
No power of gold can buy them	B2
While battles shall be fought	C2
The Friends of Fallen Fortunes	A
Are never to be bought	D2
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Through rain and marsh and hunger	I
To what their fate might bring	E2
The remnants of my legions	A
Toiled on to join their King	E2
From north and south the captains	A
Of scattered bands won through	F2
Beneath its beaten colours	A
My beaten army grew	F2
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And in the West before us	A
The West was ever thus	A
More Friends of Fallen Fortunes	A
Were gathering food for us	A
For refuge and for succour	F2
For safety food and rest	G2
The best of beaten armies	A
For ever seek the West	G2
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With these men for my captains	A
When we marched east again	Z
Our enemies were scattered	D
Like dust across the plain	E
Our city lay before us	A
And as we marched along	Q
We joined the grand old chorus	A
Of the glorious Next Time song	Q
And though they wear no armour	F2
And bear no blade nor bill	H2
The Friends of Fallen Fortunes	A
Are riding with me still	H2
And many times defeated	I2
By city field and sea	A
The Friends of Fallen Fortunes	A
March on to Victory	A

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