Richie Webb - Vikings and Garfunkel lyrics

We Vikings have an awful reputation with your nation But when we'd finished plundering and pillages Made nice villages Any place name ending "–thorpe" or "–kirk" or "–by" Was us, you see Sc*nthorpe, Ormskirk, Wetherby, Scarborough fair We named them, yeah We split your isles diagonally From south-east to north-west. Our section called the Danelaw, King Alfred ruled the rest. Think we're scary? No, don't flee. Conquered Saxons would find we Settled and lived in harmony Vike-Eng-land. Though we began as raiders So well-planned, You accepted us as traders. We introduced some new terms: Husband, gasp, egg, awkward, nag, leg More than fifty words to leave your lingo To your liking, thank a Viking. Your little town of Swansea City Named for our King Sweyn. Waterford and Dublin; Us old Norse Vikings again. As farmers we made doubly sure To respect agriculture With us, locals felt secure Norse-Scot-land Large parts of that whole region Norse-Scot-land Were improved by Norwegians London Bridge is falling down The nursery rhyme comes from our time Vikings played key roles In 1014 it was pulled down By Olaf Haraldsson, You can call him Ol In a dispute with King Canute Olaf's side won. Ethelred returned as king And could be heard proclaiming “Here's to you, Olaf Haraldsson” Vike-Eng-land We swapped our life of violence. Norse-Scot-land To enjoy the sound of silence There's no doubt under Viking rule Britain did improve-y Feelin' groovy And that's no lie La-lie, la, la, lie.