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Thread #58426 Message #2603590
Posted By: GUEST,Guest J
02-Apr-09 - 09:14 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Viking Song / ballad of ship Skagramar
Subject: Lyr Add: VIKING SONG (Martin/Dello Joio)
This is called "Viking Song" and is listed in Music Around the World, Book 6, a school songbook published by Silver Burdett in 1956. The words are by Ruth and Thomas Martin and the tune by Norman Dello Joio.
VIKING SONG (words by Ruth and Thomas Martin; tune by Norman Dello Joio)
1. 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 And swift as a cloud she went sailing away Adventuring northward and far from her home Through icy green water and fleecy white foam.
2. The ship traveled onward and into the night Pursued by a storm wind of terrible might So deep was the darkness not even one star Shone down from the sky on the brave Skagramar Lashed on by the waves with a terrible roar She shattered and sank off a wild rocky shore.
3. Forever and ever the mariners say A ghost ship sails high on the pale milky way They watch for it always wherever they roam Eternally seeking a safe voyage home It fades in the glow of the clear morning star The ghost of the once mighty ship Skagramar.
Source: Music Around the World, Book 6, a school songbook published by Silver Burdett in 1956