Impaler

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> *THIS IS A VERY EMOTIONAL SONG FOR ME*
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***Impaler*** is the sixth track of *The Ottoman Empire Was An Empire*.

## About

Since 1417 Wallachia had been forced to accept the Ottoman Empire as their suzerain, and to further secure this loyalty two sons of the Wallachian Voivode Vlad II Dracul were held as hostages- Radu, and Vlad the Impaler.

After his father and older brother died, Vlad would embark on a lifetime of battles and campaigns, so that he could hold his father’s position.

Indeed, he was successful at this endeavour, gaining the title of Voivode in 1448, however losing it only two months later. He would rein again however, ruling from 1456-1463, then shortly again from 1476/1477, until his death that same year.

## Lyrics

> *[Coughing]*
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> *[Retching]*
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> *Ragga zigga za zowww*
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> *A ragga zigga zagga dowww*
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> *Raga zigga zigga*
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> *Daggada daggada daggada daggada*
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> *Dagga dagga*
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> *Daggada daggada daggada daggada*
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> *Daggadagga dowww*
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> *Rurururowww*
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> *Rururururururururowww*
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> *Wuuh wuuh wuuh wuuh wuh wuh*
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> *Wuuh wuuh wuuhhhh*
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> *Wuhwuhwuh wuhhhhh*
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> *Ragga zigga za zowww*
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> *Arak atak a dakka towww*
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> *A ragga*
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> *A ragga zigga dagga*
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> *A ragga zigga ragga digga zagga dagga zagga digga zagga dagga dagga*
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> *A ragga zigga dagga*
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> *A ragga zigga dagga digga dagga dagga zaggararig ziggadadak*
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> *Rwuoaaaaowww*
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> *A zigga za zowww*
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> *A ragga zigga zowww*
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> *A ragga zigga zowww*
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> *A ragga zigga row row row row row row raaaowww*
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> *A ragga zigga zagga digga dagga*
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> *A ragga zigga dagga zigga ragga zigga dagga*
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> *A dagga zigga ragga digga ragga digga dagga*
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> *A zagga digga dagga dagga dagga daggibblibblibblibblaaaowww*
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> *A ragga zigga*
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> *A zowww*
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> *A ragga zigga dagga zigga dowww*
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> *A ragga zig zowww*
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> *A ragga zidowww*
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> *A ragga zigga zagga zagga ragga digga dagga*
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> *Azaggadiggadaggadadiggagut*
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> *Zigga za zowww*
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> *Zigga za zowowww*
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> *Latadadow row dadada dowww*
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> *Mm zigga za zowww*
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> *La dada dadowww*
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> *Mmm zigga za zowww*
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> *Wowww*
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> *Zigga di dowww*
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> *Dadow dow dadada dowww*
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> *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*
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> *RAGGA ZIGGA DA DOOOOOWWW*
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> *ZIGGA DA DOW DOW DADADA DOWWW*
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> *GAZOWWW*
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> *ZIGGA DA RAAAAOWWW*
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> *A HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAOWWW*
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> *ZA ZOWWW RA DADA DADOWWW*
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> *YAAAAAAAA*
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> *ZIGGA DOWWW DA DOWWW DA RAGGA ZIGGA DAGGA*
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> *RAGGADAGGA DAGGA DADOWWW*
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> *RADAGA ZOWWW*
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### Notes

1. ↑ At the beginning of Vlad’s second rein, it is recorded (by contemporary historians such as Laonikos Chalkokondyles) that he ordered for the execution of hundreds, potentially thousands of people. This began with a purge against those who were responsible for the deaths of his father and elder brother.
2. ↑ This refers to when Mehmed ordered Vlad to pay homage to him, to which the response was less than civil- Vlad the Impaler had the two envoys impaled.
3. ↑ Vlad the Impaler and the Transylvanian Saxons did not exactly see eye to eye. Here we see a detailed account of Vlad’s attacks on Transylvania, transferring men, women, and children into Wallachia to be impaled.
4. ↑ ‘The Night Attack at Târgoviște’ was a battle fought between Vlad the Impaler and Mehmed the Conqueror. After a failed assassination of the Turkic Sultan by Vlad’s forces, the Ottoman army marched on the Wallachian capital, only to find it empty- Save for the 20,000 impaled Turks bordering the road.
5. ↑ The circumstances surrounding Vlad’s death are largely unknown, with sources differing greatly. Some say he was killed by a disguised Turkish assassin, some say he himself was disguised as a Turk (as he was known to do) and killed by his own men. Some say his head was sent to Mehmed upon his death, to be placed on a stake in Constantinople, whilst local traditions state his body was found in a Wallachian marsh, near a monastery.

## External links

### Recommended reading

An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - William Wilkinson

The Historical Dracula: The Theme of His Legend in the Western and in the Eastern Literatures of Europe - Grigore Nandris