“Full many an empty saddle
their handiwork did show;
And with their bright swords’ clashing
loud did the field echo.
The Rhenish heroes truly,
so fell a riding made,
’Twere better for their foemen
if they at home had stayed.
“Full many an empty saddle
their handiwork did show;
And with their bright swords’ clashing
loud did the field echo.
The Rhenish heroes truly,
so fell a riding made,
’Twere better for their foemen
if they at home had stayed.