Lyrics My Mother Told Me - Bart Zeal

My mother told me
Someday I would buy
Galley with good oars
Sail to distant shores
Stand up on the prow
Noble barque I steer
Steady course for the haven
Hew many foe-men
Hew many foe-men

My mother told me
Someday I would glide
Wind like the crow
Waves beneath my boat
High above the clouds
Their voices I can hear
The Valkyrie await me
Hew many foe-men
Hew many foe-men

My mother told me
Someday I would buy
Galley with good oars
Sail to distant shores
Stand up on the prow
Noble barque I steer
Steady course for the haven
Hew many foe-men
Hew many foe-men

My mother told me
Someday I would die
Valkyrie there, 'lo
Come to take me home
Valhalla's gates askew
See my friends anew
The Aesir be awaiting
Hew many foe-men
Hew many foe-men

My mother told me
Someday I would buy
Galley with good oars
Sail to distant shores
Stand up on the prow
Noble barque I steer
Steady course for the haven
Hew many foe-men
Hew many foe-men