Here I stand and here I stay
Armed with smiles, so come what may
An army succeeds me as we go our way
And when we are all felled we cry and say,

"Here we stand and here we die
Having done all that can be done  in life
Running to battle with a loud battle cry
Until a thousand of our own on this field lie."

There they fell and there they go
In death, no longer are they my own
Both entered and exited this world alone
And with their last breaths they beg for home.

Saying,  "Here I fell and  here I lay
That my family would know I felt no pain
That my fight, my struggle, was not in vain
As my eyes will never see them again."

Here we die, here bodies go cold
Crying to devils and to gods both
Our stinking carcasses ravaged by growths
Having fought impossible odd that brought us low.

Here we stand and here we stay
There they fall and there they go
Saying, "Here I fell and here I lay,"
Here we die, here bodies go cold.