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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