A Viking Song

[Gunnora Hallakarva]

This was mailed to me, but originated on an SCA minstrel's list somewhere:

> > BJORN, THE VIKING
> > lyrics by Eogan Og MacLaren
> > (c) 1995 Matthew Newsome
> > to the tune of "Rambling Man"
> > with apologies to the Brothers Allman
> > 
> > My father raided all the shores of England
> > He wound up on the wrong end of a sheep
> > I was born in the stern of a longboat
> > Rolling on the waves of the North Sea
> > 
> > CHORUS:
> > Thor, I am Bjorn, the Viking Man
> > I try to make a living by raiding where I can
> > So when your homes are burning I hope you understand
> > That i am Bjorn, the Viking Man
> > 
> > I'm sailing towards some foreign shore this morning
> > It doesn't really matter where I land
> > I'll steal their gold and burn their homes no matter who they are
> > Rape each girl and murder every man
> > 
> > CHORUS
> > 
> > I'm pludering a coastal town in Iceland
> > And drinking mead till I can drink no more
> > I'll sing along with a battle song between every mug
> > My belly full and my arms around a whore
> > 
> > CHORUS
> > 
> > Well someday I'll wind up in Valhalla
> > When in battle I am overcome
> > But until that day I'll sail away to rape, burn, and plunder
> > So all you puny weaklings better run!
> > 
> > CHORUS ad nauseaum
> >

Wassail and God Jul,
::GUNNORA::

Gunnora Hallakarva
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