1741 (the Battle Of Cartagena) Lyrics - Sunset On The Golden Age - Alestorm

Sailing the raging seas 

To distant lands unknown 

Porto Bello fell in a day 

Now Britannia rules the waves 

Thirty thousand men at arms 

Red Ensign in the sky 

To Cartagena we set sail 

With blood and plunder we'll prevail 

Twice struck, and twice we've failed 

But third time works a charm 

The greatest fleet the world has seen 

To fight the War of Jenkins' Ear 

Waters lash across the bow 

Through Caribbean Seas 

The year is 1741 

The final battle has begun 

The skies are burning with thunder 

The seas are ablaze with flame 

Set the course for Cartagena 

The sands of time will remember our names 

The skies are burning with thunder 

The seas are ablaze with flame 

Set the course for Cartagena 

History is written today 

Across the sea-lashed deck 

Our captain gives a cry 

"Cartagena lies ahead 

The Spanish foe will soon be dead!" 

Portents of coming doom 

Engulf the battle line 

High above, the heavens sigh 

A red light burning in the sky 

An omen of dread 

Which no man can deny 

The legends hold true 

We must turn back or die 

Superstitious fools 

Be gone from my sight 

Blast the trumpets of war 

And prepare for the fight 

The skies are burning with thunder 

The seas are ablaze with flame 

Set the course for Cartagena 

The sands of time will remember our names 

The skies are burning with thunder 

The seas are ablaze with flame 

Set the course for Cartagena 

History is written today 

Hard to starboard 

Man the cannons 

And on my command, unleash hell! 

FIRE! Show them your steel 

Bring them to death on the battlefield 

Ride on the wind, and conquer the foe 

The legends be damned, to our deaths we will ago 

The skies are burning with thunder 

The seas are ablaze with flame 

Set the course for Cartagena 

The sands of time will remember our names 

The skies are burning with thunder 

The seas are ablaze with flame 

Set the course for Cartagena 

History is written today