Alexander, Genghis Kahn, Wellington, Napoleon, Paul Revere, Dick Turpin and many a highwayman
Raiders, crusaders, cavalry and Red Indians
They all used horses for whatever was their plan

Against the Zulus and the Boers, Brits and Francans and the Boers
Used horses for fighting on many a foreign shore
For their fighting needs had to have a horse between their knees
That's when the horse went off to war

Off to war
Off to war
That's when the horse went off to war

Off to war
Off to war
That's when the horse went off to war

Then the world was doing fine, no ponies working in the mine
They were in the circus and in the rodeo
Put them in their boxes for shows and hunting foxes
Pick, stick and racing and a game they call polo

And they used them ponies for royal ceremonies
Pulling carts and plowing, that's what they used them for
Cos they realised war machines were mechanised
That's when the horse came back from war

Back from war
Back from war
That's when the horse came back from war

Back from war
Back from war
That's when the horse came back from war

With voluntary amnesia the world forgot Rhodesia
When the terrorists came in they were another kind of foe
Hunting them in vain in difficult terrain
Tracking them on foot was cumbersome and slow

Got back in the saddle and then went in to battle
They went off to settle up the score
Mounted soldiers dressed in camo with rifles full of ammo
That's when the horse went back to war

Back to war
Back to war
That's when the horse went back to war

Back to war
Back to war
That's when the horse went back to war

Back to war
Back to war
That's when the horse went back to war

Back to war
Back to war
That's when the horse went back to war