Work Text:
Hark! now the Drums beat up again,
For all the Emperor's true Guardsmen,
Then let the ships bear us away,
Through the Warp and far away.
Chorus:
Through the Warp and through the Void,
To planet, moon or asteroid,
The Emperor points and we obey,
Through the Warp and far away.
All citizens that have a Mind,
To serve the Emperor of Mankind;
And smite foul xenos where they lay,
Come through the Warp and far away;
Here's twenty Thrones upon the Drum,
For those that Volunteer to come,
With coat of olive drab or gray,
Through the Warp and far away;
Chorus
Since Heretics so low are brought,
And Wealth and Honour's to be got,
Who then behind would sneaking stay?
Not through the Warp and far away;
No more from sound of guns retreat,
While any Guardsman's heart should beat,
Let Eldar, Tau and Ork dismay,
Through the Warp and far away;
Chorus
He that fights with failing heart,
Shall play a mean ungallant part,
While true believers win the Day,
Through the Warp and far away;
What tho' our friends our absence mourn,
We all with Honour shall return,
And then we'll sing both Night and Day,
Through the Warp and far away;
Chorus
The lowly man may now refuse,
To wipe the Gov'nor's filthy Shoes;
For Guards are free to sing and play,
Through the Warp and far away;
Through shadow, maelstrom and storm,
Past kraken, shade and meteor swarm,
We'll drink and sing both night and day,
When through the Warp and far away;
Chorus
We all shall lead more happy Lives,
When rid of husbands or of Wives,
That bend our ears both night and day,
Not through the Warp and far away;
Should we light on forge or hive,
Shall not our needs that world deprive,
But ply with ale and whores and play,
Through the Warp and far away;
Chorus
So fill the pot and quaff the ale,
And with His aid we shall prevail,
And with clear heads face the day,
Through the Warp and far away;
For it's as sure as cut the deck,
We'll have our stripes or severed neck,
But for his glory we obey,
Through the Warp and far away;
Chorus