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Literally: The Viking Song

Fresh from the 700s, a vicious band of Vikings tear into England, armed with axes - and instruments!

IN THE STYLE OF

1980s glam metal power ballad

LYRICS BY

Laurence Rickard and Matthew Baynton

FROM

Series 2 Episode 1

LYRICS:

It was the summer of 793

When we sailed across the Great North Sea
Comets crossed the skies that night

Must have known something wasn’t right

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We arrived upon your English shore

And you offered friendship but we wanted more
Yeah, so much more!

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We’re tearing up this place tonight - Literally!
We’re gonna set this sleepy town alight - Literally!
We’ll kill and steal and burn and drink
‘Cos us vikings don’t care what you think.
Woah-woah-woah!

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Let me in now, won’t you please
We’re here to raid your monasteries
We’re primed and ready to attack
And we love how monks just don’t fight back

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You’ll die or become a slave to me
Though our slaves often get chucked up in the sea
If the boat’s heavy, yeah-yeah!

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You’re gonna lose your head, my friend - Literally!
We’re gonna get ya in the end - Literally!
And I’ll drink a toast from your skull
‘Cos we’re vikings and that’s how we roll.

Whoa-woah-woah.

(Play that axe, Ragnor)

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We’re gonna paint the whole town red - Literally!
With the blood of the dead - Literally!
We’ll take everything that you own
And get back on our ship and go back home.

Whoa-whoa-whoa

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We’re going home, whoa-whoa-whoa

We’re going home, whoa-whoa-whoa

We are going home, whoa-whoa-whoa

We are going home...

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