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Hedeby Fair
Tune & original lyrics: Scarborough Fair (traditional)
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Hedeby Fair (2) by Nick Ford
Asgard, Midgard, Vanaheim
Remember me to one who lives there,
he once was a true love of mine.
Tell him to steer a ship to my shore,
Asgard, Midgard, Vanaheim
without setting sails, or grasping an oar,
or never be a true love of mine.
Tell him to brew me a barrel of mead
Asgard, Midgard, Vanaheim
without any honey or juice that is sweet,
or never be a true love of mine.
Tell him to craft me a ring all of gold
Asgard, Midgard, Vanaheim
with a hammer of cloth and a forge that is cold
and then heŽll be a true love of mine.
Tell him to sing me a skaldic rhyme
Asgard, Midgard, Vanaheim
without one kenning, stanza or line,
and then heŽll be a true love of mine.
And when heŽs gone and done all of this,
Asgard, Midgard, Vanaheim
IŽll wear his gold ring, and give him a kiss,
and then heŽll be a true love of mine.
Are you going to Hedeby Fair?
Asgard, Midgard, Vanaheim
Remember me to one who lives there,
he once was a true love of mine.
© Lyrics (apart from
traditional lines): Michaela Macha
- This poem is in the
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