1. The Ballad of The Mongols Monica Bond-Lamberty James Madison Memorial HS monicabl@earthlink.net monicabl@earthlink.net Minyong Yu - Words, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals Ike Mladenoff – Words, Bass, Electric Guitar, Vocals

2. It Starts with Temujin born 1167 His father a powerful warlord But when he was ten some treacherous men Poisoned his daddy oh oh Their allies were gutless they turned on his family They took young Temujin in a cage But Temujin was fearless and he also was courageous And one night he got away

3. CHORUS The Mongols ruled from the backs of their horses They were a mighty war machine The Hans and the Romans couldn’t compare To the greatest I’ve ever seen

4. During the late 12 th century Temujin forged many alliances By his personal courage and intense loyalty He won the hearts of the men Then in the year 1206 He brought all the tribes together They proclaimed him Ghengis Khan Universal ruler of them all

5. CHORUS The Mongols ruled from the backs of their horses They were a mighty war machine The Hans and the Romans couldn’t compare To the greatest I’ve ever seen

6. The Mongols were nomads they were awesome with horses The hunted to practice their archery skills It was their stirrups that gave such an advantage When they shot they’d surely kill They might seem vicious they also had mercy In amounts equal to their military might If you surrendered without resistance Chances are they’d spare you life

7. CHORUS The Mongols ruled from the backs of their horses They were a mighty war machine The Hans and the Romans couldn’t compare To the greatest I’ve ever seen

8. Many people have said bad about the Mongols But they’re better than their reputation precedes They were tolerant to other religions Like Hinduism Buddhism and Christianity They helped to make trade systems grow By provided protection on the Silk Road If you submitted to their rule They’d let you govern yourselves

9. CHORUS The Mongols ruled from the backs of their horses They were a mighty war machine The Hans and the Romans couldn’t compare To the greatest I’ve ever seen

10. Although Genghis died in 1227 They Mongol empire continued to shine Now ruled in four separate khanate The most eastern are by grandson Kublai Khan Up north by Russia ruled the Golden Horde Khanate of Chagatai was in between the other three Over in Persia was Kublai’s bro Hulego Who ruled the Ilkhanate

11. CHORUS The Mongols ruled from the backs of their horses They were a mighty war machine The Hans and the Romans couldn’t compare To the greatest I’ve ever seen

12. They didn’t back up their paper money With actual pieces of gold Soon their economy started to falter And then they weren’t so bold Then the plague started to spread By little vermin in their grain When the Yuan started to fall The others couldn’t go on anymore

13. CHORUS The Mongols ruled from the backs of their horses They were a mighty war machine The Hans and the Romans couldn’t compare To the greatest I’ve ever seen