[Intro: Drums like oars, chanting voices] (Heave!) (Ho!) (Skål!) (Hey!) Drums like oars, the benches sway. [Old Icelandic verse - female voice] Guðirnir vaka yfir oss, YO-HO-HO Yo-ho-yo-ho Öxur okkar rísa hátt, Við berjumst – við drekkum – við syngjum þetta lag! [Verse] Raise your horns as the red dawn grows, Barrels thump, boots drum the stair. Northmen sail where the cold wind blows. Longships bite through the tides, We sailed the endless ocean. Pirate souls of the northern tribe. [Old Icelandic verse - female voice] Í gegnum storma og öldur siglum vér, Óðinn leiðir oss um djúpin Ef vér föllum, rísum vér enn, víkingar standum til hinsta stundar. [Pre-Chorus] Oars beat time like a tavern drum, Coasts beware, for the raiders come. Gold or fire, we take our share, Then drink it down in the firelight’s glare. (Heave—ho!) [Chorus – Icelandic] Skál-hey, skál-hey, vér drekkum og syngjum, Reisum segl, stefnum til hafs — Skál-hey, skál-hey, vér drekkum og syngjum. Reisum segl, stefnum til hafs — [Chorus – English echo] Skål-hey, skål-hey, we drink and we sing. Skål-hey, skål-hey, Let the longships sing. For the sea is our home and it calls evermore. [Chant / Shout] (Heave!) (Ho!) raise the tankards, slam them down— (Skål!) (Hey!) let the voices shake the town! [Verse] Men of battle and maidens bold, Fill the benches with tales retold. From fjord to far shore, loud and free, Pirate Vikings rule the sea. (Yah!) [Old Icelandic verse - female voice] Seltan brennur og reykur slær. Þegar segl eru lögð, rennur mjöður, Við erum víkinga á norður slóðum Með exi og eið sem í æðum brennur. [Chorus – Icelandic] Skál-hey, skál-hey, vér drekkum og syngjum, Reisum segl, til hafs — Skál-hey, skál-hey, vér drekkum og syngjum. Reisum segl, stefnum til hafs — [Chorus – English echo] Skål-hey, skål-hey, we drink and we sing. Skål-hey, skål-hey, Let the longships sing. For the sea is our home and it calls evermore. [Verse] Born in the fjords, beneath the frozen sky, Raised by wolves and ravens We are the Vikings, the sons of the fjord, Our hair bound in braids, our faith in the sword. We honor the gods with the clash and the flame, If we fall, we rise again, For we are warriors ’til the end! [Old Icelandic verse] Við komum á skipum, með seglum í vind, Skildir í skjaldborg, vér stöndum sem bjarg Bræðralag blóðs kveikir loga á bálum, Rændum við meyjar og Þorpin vér tæmdum Blóð vort er lifandi — svá guðirnir vilja. [Chorus – Icelandic] Skál-hey, skál-hey, vér drekkum og syngjum, Reisum segl, stefnum til hafs — Skál-hey, skál-hey, vér drekkum og syngjum. Reisum segl, stefnum til hafs — [Chant / Shout] (Heave!) (Ho!) raise the tankards, slam them down— (Skål!) (Hey!) let the voices shake the town! [End chant] (SKÅL! SKÅL! SKÅL! SKÅL!) Raise them high, raise them high— We are legends of the tide! (SKÅL! SKÅL! SKÅL! SKÅL!) Pirates of the northern seas— Our name thunders on the breeze! Skál-hey, skál-hey we are the pirates in the nordwind Our saga lives ‘til we grow old! [Chorus – Icelandic - female voice] Skál-hey, skál-hey, vér drekkum og syngjum, Reisum segl, stefnum til hafs — Skál-hey, skál-hey, vér drekkum og syngjum. Reisum segl, stefnum til hafs — Skál-hey, skál-hey, Skál-hey, skál-hey, [Outro: fading drums, echoing chants, horns raised] [end]
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