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Burning arrow,

Fly like a sparrow,

Fly like an eagle,

Bring no evil.

Light the bonfire,

Flames rise higher,

Bring him freedom

In Odin’s kingdom.

Raise him with smoke

From ashes and oak,

Mead and ale

For the Vikings to hail

Those who are dead

With Valhalla ahead.

Valhalla ahead

for those who are dead.

Spirits are waiting for thee.

Spirits are waiting for thee.

Lay him down on a longboat deck,

Fly him high on a dragon’s neck.

Knock the bowstring,

Hail to your king.

Let him go

To the land of snow.

Songs and jokes

Will go with the smokes.

Kill his widow

Right on the meadow,

Lay her on the shield

Respect his last will.

Let him go back home

To his Gods,

Let him go back home to his Gods.

Spirits are waiting for thee.

Spirits are waiting for thee.

Lay him down on a longboat deck,

Fly him high on a dragon’s neck.

Lay him down on a longboat deck,

Fly him high on a dragon’s neck.

Lay him down on a longboat deck,

Fly him high on a dragon’s neck.