Off in the distance we saw some strangers
Their coming had been foretold by the stars
Dressed in blue clothes unknown by us
The lead horseman wore silver colored bars
Their horses were tired but magnificent beasts
Much bigger and taller than our own
These strangers seemed to carry a lot
Seemingly indifferent to the weight they carried alone
Our presence they apparently saw from afar
Peering through devices we did not know
They carried their weapons to their side
Apparently no match for our bow
The chief gave the order to go count coo
And a dozen warriors raced to attack
But they never got to within a hundred feet
Before all fell from horse to their back
We had never seen such a sight before
A loud noise followed by an invisible force
But we all knew our brethren were all dead
The strangers continued on their straight course
Our chief cried and screamed to our Gods
Asking why the strangers had such a power
The medicine man rattled his staff and just prayed
The fate of the strangers would soon be dower
Never before had we encountered such defeat
Our braves were regarded as the very best
Although a dozen of our finest were now gone
The strangers would soon join them at rest
The chief gave a fierce battle cry
His voice echoed across the plain
Shortly the dust of approaching horses did appear
And then the skies burst forth with thunder and rain
The strangers just continued in our direction
A musical instrument urging them to go fast
As they grew closer we saw they were just boys
But at their pace their horses could not last
They all seemed to smile a certain of victory grin
As they waved their weapons with pride
Unfortunately they only saw just our small little party
Not knowing a hundred warriors were hidden to our side
Still some distance off more loud noise did occur
A score of our warriors were struck and fell
Our chief commanded us to aim our bows
And to send these strangers to their hell
Amid the lightning and the pounding rain
A hundred arrows fell upon the strangers’ men
After both horse and men were struck down
All that remained were a bewildered ten
The boy with the bars frowned and stopped the charge
Pulling his horse away and ordering a most hasty retreat
But the strangers could not escape our next volley
My own arrow dropping the boy from horse to feet
Within moments all the strangers went down
Their remaining horses scattered in terror
Only the boy with the bars remained standing
Now keenly aware of his ill-fated error
Our chief did approach and tried to speak
But the boy swung wildly with his long knife
With a flick of a hand two arrows did strike
New wounds to help bring an end to his life
Once again our chief did approach
He touched the boy to count coo
He screamed at the boy that it was only a game
It was only as the boy died that he understood too
Later we learned that a coward did escape
He proclaimed we had killed the strangers for fun
If they had taken but the time to learn our ways
We could have stopped a war before it had begun
So as the years passed and we lost our numbers
Our civilization destroyed and cast aside
We still recall the days of our ancestors and smile
The stars say that to victory we’ll once again ride
