What's the history behind the

song "Ride to Agadir''?

It seems to point towards
Muslims fighting for Morocco.

They rode in the morning

Casablanca to the west
On the atlas mountain foothills
leading down to marakesh
For mohammed and morocco
We had taken up our guns
For the ashes of our fathers
and the children of our sons.
For the ashes of our fathers
and the children of our sons.

In the dry winds of summer

They were sharpening the
blades.
They were riding to act upon
the promise we had made.
With the fist and the dagger
With the rifle and the lance
We will suffer no intrusion from
the infidels of france.
We will suffer no intrusion from
the infidels of france.

Ride, ride, ride, ride to agadir.

Ride, ride, ride, ride to agadir.

They could wait no more

In the burning sands on the
ride to agadir.

Ride, ride, ride, ride to agadir.

Like the dogs of war

For the future of this land on
the ride to agadir.
Ride, ride, ride, ride to agadir.

Though they were waiting

And they were fifty to our ten
They were easily outnumbered
by a smaller force of men.
As the darkness was falling
They were soon to realize
We were going to relieve them
of their god-forsaken lives.
We were going to relieve them
of their god-forsaken lives.

They could wait no more

In the burning sands on the
ride to agadir.

Ride, ride, ride, ride to agadir.

Like the dogs of war

For the future of this land on
the ride to agadir.

Ride, ride, ride, ride to agadir.

They rode in the morning

Casablanca to the west
On the atlas mountain foothills
leading down to marakesh
For mohammed and morocco
We had taken up our guns
For the ashes of our fathers
and the children of our sons.
For the ashes of our fathers
and the children of our sons.

Yes it does this is the history

[edit] History
During medieval times, there
was only a fishing village there,
Agadir el-arba`. In 1505 the
Portuguese established a
trading post named Santa Cruz
do Cabo de Gué, under a
governor. In 1541, the city
came under Wattasid control
and in 1572 a stronghold was
built on the top of the hill
overlooking the bay, the
Kasbah. Agadir became
prosperous for two centuries.

In 1911, the arrival of a

German gunboat (the Panther),
officially to protect the local
German community, triggered
the Agadir Crisis between
France and Germany which
allowed France, in 1913, to
establish a protectorate over
nearly the whole kingdom of
Morocco.
At 15 minutes to midnight on
February 29, 1960, Agadir was
almost totally destroyed by an
earthquake that lasted 15
seconds, burying the city and
killing thousands. The death
toll is estimated at 15,000. The
earthquake destroyed the
ancient Kasbah. On its front
gate can still be read the
following sentence in Dutch:
"Fear God and honour thy
King".

On seeing the destruction in

Agadir, King Muhammad V of
Morocco declared: "If Destiny
decided the destruction of
Agadir, its rebuilding depends
of our Faith and Will."
Reconstruction began in 1961,
two kilometers south of the
earthquake epicentre
Mrs Cullen · 1 decade ago