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Thread #58426   Message #377305
Posted By: GUEST,JanetCT
18-Jan-01 - 06:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Viking Song / ballad of ship Skagramar
Subject: Skagramar
I learned a song in Grade school, in a minor key, called "Skagramar" which was the name of a ghost ship which was apparently a sort of Scandinavian "Flying Dutchman." The melody and parts of the words have been floating around my cranium for decades. It includes the opening

"A marvelous tale know to all near and far
Is told of the once-mighty ship Skagramar,
Her masts rising proudly above the blue bay
As swift as a cloud she went sailing away
Venturing northward and far from her home
Through ice green water and fleecy white foam..."

Some sort of long forgotten disaster befalls her and she ultimately is seen in tatters and unmanned, and the song ends

"The ghost of the once-mighty ship Skagramar."

Does anyone out there have the whole song?