Lifeblood (Viking drinking song in a round) - Michael Kelly - (Wyndreth Berginsdottir cover)
My cover of the wonderful viking drinking song written by Mistress Wyndreth.
I've heard this song bouncing around the SCA (and have been singing it myself) for ages, but had never heard any recordings of it, so it was only recently that I was introduced to the idea of singing the song as a round.
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"LIFEBLOOD" (A Viking Drinking Song) - written by Wyndreth Berginsdottir
Tune, lyrics: © 1993 Karen L.U. Kahan
Drink, for the wind blows cold
and Drink for The Wolf runs free.
Drink to the ships with the sails like wings and
Drink to the storm-tossed seas.
Drink to the lasting nights
and those who warm our beds.
Drink to the mead that warms our hearts
and the cold that clears our head.
Drink to the Allfather's eye
for Odin's sons are we.
Drink to the World-Tree where he hung
and the Runes of Mystery.
Drink to the truth of steel
and blood that falls like rain.
Drink to Valhalla's golden walls
and to our kinsmen, slain.
Drink to the Glory-field
where a man embraces death,
and thank the gods that we live at all
with our joyous dying breath!
Drink for the wind blows cold
and Drink for the Wolf runs free
Drink to the ships with the sails like wings
for Odin's sons are we!