Steel Cages (Intro)

(Spoken voice)

From New York…The United States
Monotony and poverty were the common lot
Life was an endless struggle
And then, in this land of great tradition
There arose a powerful leader
Who unified his people and set out to achieve a renaissance
But, ahead, there was a long, long distance to travel
A huge investment
Years of effort
And no end of patience and perseverance
Most important of all
The job would require men
Determined men
Men who were willing to leave families and friends
And journey half way around the world
On a quest that might end in failure
Men who could face hardship and monotony and still take it
And here and there a voice would say
“We’re licked, let’s admit it”
But, there were stubborn men, in the field
Who did not have enough sense to quit
It was men like these who saw their careers and their reputations
Burning away beneath the desert sun
And then, it happened
After three long, discouraging years
This was the goal toward which they had driven
This was the victory that faith and sweat had bought