Alexander the Great
[00:05.63] "My son ask for thyself another
[00:08.38] Kingdom, for that which I leave
[00:11.88] is too small for thee"
[00:14.88] ...
[01:56.14] Near to the east
[01:57.63] In a part of ancient Greece
[02:00.13] In an ancient land called Macedonia
[02:04.64] Was born a son
[02:06.39] To Philip of Macedon
[02:08.64] The legend his name was Alexander
[02:12.89] At the age of nineteen
[02:14.63] He became the Macedon King
[02:17.14] And he swore to free all of Asia Minor
[02:21.64] By the Aegian Sea
[02:23.39] In 334 B.C.
[02:25.63] He utterly beat the armies of Persia
[02:30.14] Alexander the Great
[02:34.14] His name struck fear into hearts of men
[02:38.39] Alexander the Great
[02:42.64] Became a legend 'mongst mortal men
[02:45.89] ...
[03:03.64] King Darius the third
[03:05.14] Defeated fled Persia
[03:07.89] The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes
[03:11.89] Then Egypt fell to the Macedon King as well
[03:16.14] And he founded the city called Alexandria
[03:20.39] By the Tigris river
[03:22.14] He met King Darius again
[03:24.39] And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela
[03:28.64] Entering Babylon
[03:30.64] And Susa, treasures he found
[03:32.89] Took Persepolis the capital of Persia
[03:37.39] Alexander the Great
[03:41.14] His name struck fear into hearts of men
[03:45.64] Alexander the Great
[03:49.64] Became a God amongst mortal men
[03:53.89] ...
[07:09.89] A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke
[07:11.39] And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot'
[07:13.64] And legend said that who untied the knot
[07:15.64] He would become the master of Asia
[07:18.14] Hellenism he spread far and wide
[07:19.89] The Macedonian learned mind
[07:22.14] Their culture was a western way of life
[07:24.14] He paved the way for Christianity
[07:26.14] Marching on, marching on
[07:34.64] The battle weary marching side by side
[07:36.89] Alexander's army line by line
[07:39.14] They wouldn't follow him to India
[07:40.89] Tired of the combat, pain and the glory
[07:43.14] Alexander the Great
[07:47.14] His name struck fear into hearts of men
[07:51.39] Alexander the Great
[07:55.64] He died of fever in Babylon
