"Viking Men"

To the song "Jingle Bells" (holiday traditional)
Lyrics by an unknown author

Dashing through the town, our firebrands burning bright,
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.
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 your harbor fair, filled with our dragon ships
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.

We're Viking men, Viking men, plundering your shore.
Another dragon ship sails in dispatching fourty more.
We're Viking men, Viking men, axes red with gore.
Shouting out our battle cries and singing praise to Thor.

We're carrying away whatever we admire
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.

We're Viking men, Viking men, plundering your shore.
Another dragon ship sails in dispatching eighty more.
We're Viking men, Viking men, axes red with gore.
Shouting out our battle cries and singing praise to Thor.

There is one simple way to keep us from your shore
If you'll but Danegald pay, we'll be your friends once more.
This act you will no 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 sail in dispatching thousands more.
We're Viking men. Viking men, axes red with gore.
Shouting out our battle cries and singing praise to Thor.