"My son, ask for thyself another kingdom,
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For that which I leave is to small for thee."
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Near to the East, in a part of ancient Greece,
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In an ancient land called Macedonia,
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Was born a son to Philip of Macedon,
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The legend his name was Alexander.
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At the age of nineteen, he became the Macedon king,
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And swore to free all of Asia Minor,
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By the Aegian Sea in 334 BC,
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He utterly beat the armies of Persia.
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Chorus:
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Alexander the Great,
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His name struck fear into hearts of men,
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Alexander the Great,
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Became a legend 'mongst mortal men.
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King Darius the third, Defeated fled Persia,
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The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes,
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Then Egypt fell to the Macedon king as well,
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And he founded the city called Alexandria.
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By the Tigris river, he met King Darius again,
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And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela,
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Entering Babylon and Susa, treasures he found,
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Took Persepolis, the capital of Persia.
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Chorus:
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Alexander the Great,
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His name struck fear into hearts of men,
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Alexander the Great,
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Became a god amongst mortal men.
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A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke,
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And Alexander cut the "Gordion knot",
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And legend said that who untied the knot,
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He would become the master of Asia.
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Hellenism he spread far and wide,
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The Macedonian learned mind,
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Their culture was a western way of life,
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He paved the way for Christianity.
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Marching on, Marching on.
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The battle weary marching side by side,
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Alexander's army line by line,
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They wouldn't follow him to India,
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Tired of the combat, pain and the glory.
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Chorus:
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Alexander the Great,
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His name struck fear into hearts of men,
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Alexander the Great,
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He died of fever in Babylon.
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Alexander the Great [356 - 323 BC]
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