A song to brag about how wonderful it is to be us!
There is an almost hidden message in this song, at the end of the last verse, under the line, "We live and die by
Odin's will...", there is an almost sepulcheral voice intoning, "We live and die within Babh's eye...!"
This being a tip o' the hat to those within the Fianna who are followers of Babh-The Raven (war) aspect
of the Earth Goddess.
lyrics
Come drink with me my brothers
and brag on tales of old.
Let mead flow like water,
'til the embers all are cold.
Our hearts to despondency we never will submit.
We live and die by Odin’s will and sae will we yet!
(chorus)
sae will we yet, oh and sae will we yet.
We live and die by Odin’s will and sae will we yet!
Oh our women are the finest the world has ever known.
Our children turn to warriors, our enemies to bones.
Our hammers raised in anger bring ruin where they hit.
We live and die by Odin’s will and sae will we yet!
(chorus)
Take my sword from out its scabbard
and my axe from off the wall!
We’re aye the first to battle
when we hear the raven’s call!
The more there is to plunder the richer we will get!
We live and die by Odin’s will and sae will we yet!
(chorus)
Give us meat to fill our bellies
and mead to fill our heads
And guile to fool our enemies
and swords to make them dead!
When we come in to Valhalla with the bravest we will sit.
We live and die by Odin's will and sae will we yet!
(chorus)
(1st verse repeats)
(chorus x2 to end)
credits
from Shadowland,
released June 12, 2007
Everything - Jøsef Lambsen
(aka Joe 'Covenant' Lamb)
Tune: 'Sae Will We Yet' (trad).
Written, Arranged and Produced by Joe Lamb
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