Ballad of Mongols

1. Kaitlyn Burgess (Section 3) and Jason Troutman (Section 2)

5. They took Temujin and threw him
into a cave,
where he suffered away from his
home.
He was corrupted and treated as a
slave,
a life he wished he had never known.

6. Temujin was elected khagan
at the meeting of kuriltai.
He felt the need to be strong
again
and wanted to see his
persecutors die.

8. They were vicious with horses and
swords;
an army that would be feared.
They wanted to conquer other lands
and their lords
that would last for many years.

9. China was their first victim
who was terrified when they
came.
And then the east didn’t affect
them
while they enjoyed their reign.

12. The Europeans thought they were
Christians
ruled by “Prester John.”
This imaginary figure offered
protection
although the Mongols already moved
on.