VIKING MEN
Dashing through the town, our firebrands burning bright,
Chorus (line two increments every verse)
Chorus (Another dragon ship sails in, dispatching forty more.)
We're carrying away whatever we admire
Chorus (Another dragon ship sails in, dispatching sixty more.)
There is one simple way to keep us from your shore
Finale
Lyrics: Anonymous
Music: "Jingle Bells"
Striking foemen down, setting things alight
Swords on axes ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing a SLAYING song tonight!
We're Viking men, Viking men, plundering your shore
See your harbor fair, filled with our dragon ships
Another dragon ship sails in, dispatching twenty more.
We're Viking men, Viking men, axes red with gore.
Shouting out our battle cries and singing praise to Thor
See men with flame-red hair, and foam on bearded lips
We come at break of day, to depredate your land,
And then, when we have gone away no unburnt building stands.
Your forces to delay, we've set the rest on fire.
With you we've had our will and varied was your cost
We sacked the convent on the hill and more than gold was lost.
If you'll but Danegeld pay. We'll be your friends once more.
This act you will not rue, you'll have no cause to fear
Until the next installment's due, when we come back next year.
We're Viking men, Viking men, plundering your shore
A fleet of dragon ships sails in, dispatching thousands more.
We're Viking men, Viking men, axes red with gore.
Shouting out our battle cries and singing praise to Thor.