Horrible Histories - Viking Peace Lyrics
We Vikings have an awful reputation with your nation,But when we’d finished plundering and pillages…Made nice villages.Any place name ending –thorpe or –kirk or –by was us, you see;Scunthorpe, Ormskirk, Wetherby, Scarborough fair…We named them, yeah.We split your isles diagonally from south-east to north-west.Our section called the Danelaw, King Alfred ruled the rest.Think we’re scary? No don’t flee.Conquered Saxons would find weSettled and lived in harmony.Vike-Eng-land.Though we began as raidersSo well-planned,You accepted us as traders.We introduced some new terms;Husband, gasp, egg, awkward, nag, leg.More than fifty words to leave your lingo,To your liking, thank a Viking.Your little town of Swansea CityNamed for our King Sweyn.Waterford and Dublin;Us old Norse Vikings again.As farmers we made doubly sureTo respect agriculture.With us, locals felt secure.Norse-Scot-land;Large parts of that whole regionNorse got landWere improved by Norwegians.London Bridge is falling downThe nursery rhyme comes from our time.Vikings played key roles.In 1014 it was pulled downBy Olaf Haraldsson,You can call him Ol.In a dispute with King CanuteOlaf’s side won.Ethelred returned as kingAnd could be heard proclaiming“Here’s to you, Olaf Haraldsson”.Vike-Eng-landWe swapped our life of violence.Norse-Scot-landTo enjoy the sound of silence.There’s no doubt under Viking ruleBritain did improve-yFeelin’ groovyAnd that’s no lieLa-lie, la, la, lie.
