Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Viking, artist - Peter Hammill.
Date of issue: 31.12.1970
Song language: English
Viking |
Looking out forward over the prow of our long ship |
Pulling our oars and listening to the foam; |
Helmets and sheepskins salt-damp in the sea-mist: |
We’re going home |
Aslak of Langadale, Einar Thorgeirsson |
Olaf the White and Sigurd the Powerful… |
Looking for constellations above the horizon |
West wind cutting sharper than our blades; |
Smiling forever into an endless sunrise |
We’re flying on the waves |
Thorfin Karlsefny, Aud the Deep-Minded |
Snorri Thorbrandsson, Thorstein the Black… |
Out of dark Vinland, with grey waves racing before us — |
We want no rest |
Back to the homeland, Iceland, sleeping in winter — |
Back from the West |
Five years we roam; |
Now we’re going home |