The Man They Called Sick (Dark Historical Folk-Military Ballad)

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:04]They called him sick.

[00:00:09]They called him old.

[00:00:13]>> [music] >> They waited by the bedside for the blood to turn cold.

[00:00:33]>> [music] [music] [music] >> They gathered around the dying man with maps [music] beneath their hands.

[00:01:00]They measured out his broken bones.

[00:01:02][music] They counted [singing] up his lands.

[00:01:07]They said the breath was leaving [music] him.

[00:01:10]They said the end was near.

[00:01:14]>> [music] >> But somewhere under ash [singing] and dust a drum began to clear.

[00:01:21]Beat the drum till the rafters shake.

[00:01:24][music] He had bent, but he did not break.

[00:01:28]>> They called him sick. They called him old.

[00:01:31]>> [singing] >> Still he stood in blood and gold.

[00:01:35]Beat the drum [music] through the palace stone. He had lost, but not alone.

[00:01:42]>> Every bell said, [music and singing] "Now he's done." Still he rose for another one.

[00:01:49]>> [music] [music] >> The northern frost came down on him.

[00:01:59]The rebel fires spread wide. The creditors [music] stood [singing] at the gate.

[00:02:07]The knives were drawn inside. He lost the Danube's winter [singing] roads. He heard the when they turned [music] to leave the room, HE REACHED >> [music] >> AGAIN FOR STONE.

[00:02:24]BEAT THE DRUM TILL [music] THE RAFTERS SHAKE.

[00:02:27]He had bent, but he did not break.

[00:02:30]>> [music] >> They called him sick. They called him lost.

[00:02:34]Still he stood in blood and gold.

[00:02:38]Beat the [music] drum till the palace stone. He had lost, but not [music] alone. [singing] Every bell said now he's done. Still he rose for another one.

[00:02:52]>> [music] >> No clean victory crowned his head.

[00:02:56]No mercy cleared [singing] his name. He learned to rise with broken ribs and walk [music] through smoke and shame.

[00:03:06]Each round took another [singing] piece.

[00:03:09]Each wound became a law.

[00:03:12]But those who came to watch [music] him fall saw something else with awe.

[00:03:23]>> [music] >> Many states had touched the edge.

[00:03:28]And many turned away.

[00:03:31]But [music] who had stood by so many cliffs and lived another day? Not whole.

[00:03:39]Not healed.

[00:03:40]Not free from [music] fear.

[00:03:44]But standing still WHEN DEATH DREW NEAR.

[00:03:51]BEAT THE drum till rafters shake.

[00:03:54]He had bent, but [music] he did not break.

[00:03:57]They called him sick, they called him old, still he stood in blood and gold.

[00:04:05]Beat the drum, by the blacken throne. He [music] had lost, but not alone.

[00:04:11]Every bell [music] said, now he's done, still he rose.

[00:04:18]A smaller one.

[00:04:20]>> [music] >> They called him sick.

[00:04:25]They called him old, but the [music] old man rose.

[00:04:33]In blood and [music] gold.

[00:04:49]>> [music]