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GUEST,Celtaddict	Lyr Req: Viking Song / ballad of ship Skagramar (24)	Lyr Req: ballad of ship Skagramar	03 Apr 03
Around 1960 I learned a song called "Skagramar" and I have never heard it recorded or found it in a songbook. It is a sort of Scandinavian Flying Dutchman tale, of a ship that sailed out but returned a ghost ship. It is in a minor key and I recall scraps of the lyrics. A marvelous tale known to all near and far Is told of the once mighty ship Skagramar Her mast rising proudly above the blue bay As swift as a cloud she went sailing away. Venturing northward and far from her home Through icy green water and fleecy white foam... (last line) The ghost of the once-mighty ship Skagramar. I have asked plenty of folks at the Sea Music Festival, with no luck. (I know more shantymen than anyone really should.) If they do not know it, it could be a good addition. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

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