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Introduction:
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Through the woodlands through the valley comes a horseman wild and free.
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Tilting at the windmills passing, who can the brave young horseman be?
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He is wild, but he is mellow. He is strong, but he is weak.
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He is cruel, but he is gentle. He is wise, but he is meek.
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Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a battered book into his hands.
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Standing like a prophet bold he shouts across the ocean to the shore,
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Till he can shout no more.
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I have come o'er moor and mountain like a hawk upon the wing.
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I was once a shining knight who was the guardian of a king.
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I have searched the whole world over looking for a place to sleep.
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I have seen the strong survive, and I have seen the lean grow weak.
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See the children of the earth who wake to find the table bare.
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See the gentry in the country riding off to take the air.
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Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a rusty sword into his hands.
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Then striking up a knightly pose he shouts across the ocean to the shore,
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Till he can shout no more.
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See the jailer with his key who locks away all trace of sin.
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See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can.
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See the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire.
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See the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired.
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See the man who tips the needle. See the man who buys and sells.
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See the one who puts the collar on the ones who dare not tell.
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See the drunkard in the tavern stemming gold to make ends meet.
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See the youth in ghetto black condemned to life upon the street.
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Reaching for his saddle bags he takes a tarnished cross into his hands.
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Then standing like a preacher now he shouts across the ocean to the shore.
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Then in a blaze of tangled hooves he gallops off the across the dusty plain,
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In vain search again, where no one will hear. [Pause]
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Through the woodlands through the valley comes a horseman wild and free.
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Tilting at the windmills passing, who can the brave young horseman be?
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He is wild, but he is mellow. He is strong, but he is weak.
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He is cruel, but he is gentle. He is wise, but he is meek.