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Sea-kings
What can it provide me the drum under my hand,
if no brave man will follow me to other lands?
What can it provide me the drum under my hand,
if no brave man will follow me to other lands?
What can it provide me the drum under my hand,
if no brave man will follow me to other lands?
What can it provide me the drum under my hand,
if no brave man will follow me to other lands?
Sea, ocean, Straumfjord, Wonderstrands.
What can it provide me the drum under my hand,
if no brave man will follow me to other lands?
Earth, landscape, humus, valley and strip of land,
beyond the corners of the Earth.
Earth, landscape, humus, valley and strip of land,
beyond the corners of the Earth.
“There they’ll find again splendid
golden chessboards in the grass
which they had once owned,
which they had once owned.”
- 1. Two locations on the coasts of Vinland, northern Canada.
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Submitted by Icey on 2020-10-15
Added in reply to request by Floppylou
Author's comments:
The lyrics mix bits from the Nafnaþulur to the Völuspá, mixing up Faroese and Old Norse.
The title refers to sea-kings: a title given to powerful viking chieftains.
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