[Intro] [claps and boots on wood] Tankards up Fire’s high Name your song We’ll drink it dry (hey!) [Verse 1] I came in broke from the mountain pass Snow in my beard Frost on my glass Sold my last blade for a bed and a stew Woke up with a tattoo and one missing shoe Old bard laughed Said “Boy You’ll learn” “Gold’s just kindling Let the mead-blood burn” By the ninth round my troubles rolled Out the door with the cold As the chorus roared [Pre-Chorus] Fists on the table Boots on the floor If you’ve got a sorrow We’ve got a roar [Chorus] Winterhold! Mead and gold! Hey! Drink it fast before it’s old Hey! Raise your scars Your broken oaths Sing for steel and frozen roads Winterhold! Mead and gold! Hey! Warm your heart against the cold Hey! If you’ve got a tale untold Pour it out in Winterhold! (hey!) [Verse 2] There’s a one-eyed Nord in the corner seat Claims he wrestled a troll in the Dwarven deep He lost that eye to a jealous goat Or a jealous wife The stories float The barmaid’s laughing She’s heard them all Keeps her dagger sharp and her credit small Says “Pay by the song or you pay by the nose” So we sing till the shutters rattle in the snows [Pre-Chorus] Steel on the table Truth in the lies Salt on the stew Smoke in our eyes [Chorus] Winterhold! Mead and gold! Hey! Drink it fast before it’s old Hey! Raise your scars Your broken oaths Sing for steel and frozen roads Winterhold! Mead and gold! Hey! Warm your heart against the cold Hey! If you’ve got a tale untold Pour it out in Winterhold! (hey!) [Verse 3] An old mage’s robe by the fire hangs wet He’s banned from the college He lost some bet Turned the dean’s boots into clucking hens Now he turns snowflakes into crowns of friends He draws spells drunk in the sticky ale Sparks in the rafters Ash in the ale We cheer when the embers bloom and fade “Do it again!” as the barmaid wades [Pre-Chorus] Hands on the barrel Eyes on the flame If the world ends tonight We’ll forget its name [Chorus] Winterhold! Mead and gold! Hey! Drink it fast before it’s old Hey! Raise your scars Your broken oaths Sing for steel and frozen roads Winterhold! Mead and gold! Hey! Warm your heart against the cold Hey! If you’ve got a tale untold Pour it out in Winterhold! (hey!) [Verse 4] I met a shieldmaiden Hair in a braid Snow in her laugh like a blizzard parade She said “I don’t dance I just break men’s jaws” Then she grabbed my hand with her iron claws Spun me hard till the room blurred twice Kissed me quick Then rolled her dice Won my belt My boots My last clean shirt Left me rich in bruises and covered in dirt (oh!) [Pre-Chorus] Luck on the table Blood on the lip If you fear the fall You’ll miss the trip [Chorus] Winterhold! Mead and gold! Hey! Drink it fast before it’s old Hey! Raise your scars Your broken oaths Sing for steel and frozen roads Winterhold! Mead and gold! Hey! Warm your heart against the cold Hey! If you’ve got a tale untold Pour it out in Winterhold! (hey!) [Verse 5] Outside The blizzard was how
