The Cabarfeidh Pages (Highland Warriors): A Soldier's Prayer for the Fallen
The Cabarfeidh Pages (Highland Warriors) posts the words to the beautiful hymn, "Mansions of the Lord," written for the movie, "We Were Soldiers ." Here are the words sung by the West Point Glee Club: To fallen soldiers let us sing Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing Our broken brothers let us bring To the Mansions of the Lord No more bleeding, no more fight No prayers pleading through the night Just divine embrace, eternal light In the Mansions of the Lord Where no mothers cry and no children weep We will stand and guard though the angels sleep Through the ages safely keep The Mansions of the Lord The website has a link to the recording used in the movie in .wav format. Click here and open in another tab to hear the hymn played . It is indeed a beautiful hymn... You will also here a portion of the Scottish ballad, Sgt. MacKenzie. Click here to hear the complete ballad in Scottish. The words are on the website . Garry Owen!