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NOTE: THIS TRACK IS FREE
This song is an old folk track about recollections of the Viking Invasions.
Chilled Mead added the references regarding Lord Satun (A conflict in the history of Erdreja) and made the song more about the history of the game world.
One of my favourites from that album, I thought I'd give my own take on it.
lyrics
We do not fear the longships,
we’ve seen longships before
That sailed here from the northlands
and hauled their boats to shore
They brought with them the music,
the language and the lore
Burned their boats and stayed here on our island
It’s midday in the wintertime
before the moon grows pale
The winter suns are very long,
the storm winds and the gales
The midnight sun is distant
as the calling of the whales
Till springtime comes again to paint our island
The grey seal and the otter,
the salmon and the tern
The land fowl and the sea trout
and the free birds of the air
The shepherd and the farmer
and all within their care
Harmonise the music of our island
Now we did not fear the longships
until Lord Satûn came
With armies from the plains of death
to steal our souls away
But one thing that was certain
we'd fight him come what may
Fight him for the freedom of our island
Now as if the seas had realised
the tragedy in store
The waves rose up in anger
and before a week or more
Most of his men were washed away
and never reached the shore
And the sea regained his temper round our island
So let this be a warning
to all whose foolish greed
Would bring them to our shorelines
and not our warnings heed
The sea is our protector,
provider for our need
The jealous guard and keeper of our island
We do not fear the longships,
we’ve seen longships before
that sailed here from the northlands
and hauled their boats to shore
They brought with them the music,
the language and the lore
Burned their boats and died here for our island
credits
from
Shadowland,
released June 12, 2007
Everything - Jøsef Lambsen
(aka Joe 'Covenant' Lamb)
This is my adaptation of a song from the
Chilled Mead album No Sleep til Ragnarok,
which is itself an adaptation of a Ralph McTell song called The Islands, from the album Sand in your Shoes.
© Ralph McTell
This version arranged and produced by Joe Lamb
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