Vikingland

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   G                                          C
We Vikings have an awful reputation with your nation,
    D                                Am
But when we'd finished plundering and pillages,
                G
Made nice villages.
G                                              C
Any place name ending thorpe or kirk or by was us, you see;
D                                           Am
Scunthorpe, Ormskirk, Wetherby, Scarborough fair
               G
We named them, yeah.

   C                G               Am                  G
We split your isles diagonally from south-east to north-west.
    C                  G             D                Em
Our section called the Danelaw, King Alfred ruled the rest.
B
Think were scary? No don't flee.
Em               C
Conquered Saxons would find we,
D           C        Bm    D
Settled and lived in harmo-ny.


G    D   Em
Vike-Eng-land.
C                  G
Though we began as raiders
G  D    Em
So well-planned,
      C            G
You accepted us as traders.


G
We introduced some new terms;
                             C
Husband, gasp, egg, awkward, nag, leg.
D                                   Am
More than fifty words to leave your lingo,
        G
To your liking, thank a Viking.
     C              G
Your little town of Swansea City
Am                 G
Named for our King Sweyn.
C             G
Waterford and Dublin;
       D               Em
Us old Norse Vikings again.
   B
As farmers we made doubly sure
Em            C
To respect agriculture.
D        C      Bm   D
With us, locals felt secure.


G     D    Em
Norse-Scot-land;
      C                   G
Large parts of that whole region
G     D   Em
Norse got land
     C               G
Were improved by Norwegians.


A
London Bridge is falling down
    G
The nursery rhyme comes from our time.
E                  A
Vikings played key roles.
A
In 1014 it was pulled down
G
By Olaf Haraldsson,
E                A
You can call him Ol.
D
In a dispute with King Canute
G     D    Em
Olafs side won.
A
Ethelred returned as king
    G
And could be heard proclaiming
D             C    Bm    D
Heres to you, Olaf Haraldsson.


G    D   Em
Vike-Eng-land
C                      G
We swapped our life of violence.
G     D    Em
Norse-Scot-land
     C                D
To enjoy the sound of silence.
       C
Theres no doubt under Viking rule
Em            D
Britain did improve-y
C      D   C
Feelin groovy
             G
And thats no lie
   D            G
La-lie, la, la, lie.