Varangian Song

Words: Malkin Gray (Debra Doyle)
Tune:Peregrynne Windrider (Melissa Williamson)
Source:
MIDI / NWC / PDF
used with permission

My father sired too many sons
        For a rocky farm on a Norway fjord.
My brothers took the house and lands
        So I left home with my father's sword
And I followed the sea road south
        The path of a gull on the wing
To the city at the Black Sea's mouth
        And the guard of the city's King

When Caesar sires too many sons
        The throne's worth more than a barren farm
If the eldest wants to hold his own
        Then he needs the weight of a Northmans arm
And his gold calls the Northman south
        Calls like a gull on the wing
To the city at the Black Sea's mouth
        And the guard of the city's King

Men fight and die on the city streets
        As much as they do in the desert land
And if wyrd is waiting, then we shall meet
        And I'll never live to hold in my hand
The gold that calls me south
        Calls like a gull on the wing
To the city at the Black Sea's mouth
        And the guard of the city's King

But the city's all a-shine with gold
        There's colored stones on every wall
And there's more gold coins than your hands can hold
        And if I live I will have them all
When I come back from the South
        Glad as a gull on the wing
From the city at the Black Sea's mouth
        And the guard of the city's King
From the city at the Black Sea's mouth
        And the guard of the city's King

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