Týr "Sinklars Vísa" lyrics

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Sinklars Vísa

Herr Sinklar drog over salten hav,til Norge hans kurs monne stande;blant Gudbrands klipper han fant sin grav,der vanked så blodig en pande.

- Vel opp før dag,de kommer vel over den hede. -

Ved Romsdals kyster han styred i land,erklærete sig for en fjende;hannem fulgte efter fjortenhundrede mandsom alle havde vondt i sinde.

- Vel opp før dag,de kommer vel over den hede. -

De skændte og brændte, hvor de kom frem,all folkeret monne de krænke,oldingens avmagt rørte ei dem,de spotted den grædende enke.

- Vel opp før dag,de kommer vel over den hede. -

Soldaten er ude på Kongens Tog,Vi selv må Landet forsvare;Forbandet være det niddingsdrogSom nu sit Blod vil spare.

- Vel opp før dag,de kommer vel over den hede. -

De bønder af Våge, Lesje og Lommed skarpe økser på nakke,i Bredebøjg tilsammen kommed skotten så ville de snakke.

- Vel opp før dag,de kommer vel over den hede. -

Tæt under lide der løber en Stisom man monne Kringen kalde,Lågen skynder sig der forbi,i den skal fienden falde.

- Vel opp før dag,de kommer vel over den hede. -

Med døde kropper blev Kringen strødd,de ravner fikk nok at æde;det ungdoms blod, som her udflød,de skotske piger begræde.

- Vel opp før dag,de kommer vel over den hede. -

End kneiser en Støtte på samme Sted,som Norges Uvenner monne true.Ve hver en Nordmand, som ei bliver hed,så tidt hans Øjne den skue.

- Vel opp før dag,de kommer vel over den hede. -

Sinclair’s ballad

Lord Sinclair crossed the salty sea,to Norway his course was set;among Gudbrand's cliffs he found his grave,where a bloody brow awaited.

- Up before the break of day,they’re coming across the heath. -

By Romsdal's coast he came ashore,declaring his enmity;with fourteen hundred men behind,all with evil intent.

- Up before the break of day,they’re coming across the heath. -

They pillaged and burned, wherever they came,all rights they trampled,the frailty of age, it moved them not,they scorned the weeping widow.

- Up before the break of day,they’re coming across the heath. -

The soldier's away on the King's convoy,We must ourselves our land defend;Cursèd be the worthless knave,Who'd now his blood conserve!

- Up before the break of day,they’re coming across the heath. -

The farmers of Våge, Lessøe and Lom,with sharpened axes shouldered,At Bredebøjg together came,with the Scot, they would have words.

- Up before the break of day,they’re coming across the heath. -

Just under the hillside lies a path,the people there call Kringen,The company hastened past the place,there in shall the enemy fall.

- Up before the break of day,they’re coming across the heath. -

With corpses now was Kringen strewn,the ravens ate their fill;the blood of youth, that here was spilled,Scottish girls bewailed.

- Up before the break of day,they’re coming across the heath. -

Yet stands a column at that same place,that Norway's foes would threaten.Woe to any Norwegian unmoved,each time his eyes behold it.

- Up before the break of day,they’re coming across the heath. -

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