Alexander the Great

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Near to the east 
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In a part of ancient Greece 
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In an ancient land called Macedonia 
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Was born a son 
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To Philip of Macedon 
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The legend, his name was Alexan_der 

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At the age of nineteen 
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He became the Macedon King 
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And he swore to free all of Asia Minor 
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By the Aegean Sea 
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In 334 B.C 
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He utterly beat the armies of Per_sia 


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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 amongst mortal men 


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Verse 2:
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King Darius the third 
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Defeated fled Persia 
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The Scythians fell by the river Jaxar_tes 
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Then Egypt fell 
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To the Macedon King as well 
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And he founded the city called Alexan_dria 

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By the Tigris river 
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He met King Darius again 
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And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela 
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Entering Babylon 
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And Susa, treasures he found 
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Took Persepolis, the capital of Per_sia 


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His name struck fear into hearts of men 
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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 'Gordian 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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 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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His name struck fear into hearts of men 
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He died of fever in Baby_lon 


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