From the Hills of Dream Mountain Songs and Island Runes [by William Sharp] |
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War-Chant of the Islesmen. |
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War-Chant of the Islesmen.
O'tis a good song the sea makes when blood is on the wave,And a good song the wave makes when its crest o'foam is red!
For the rovers out of Lochlin the sea is a good grave,
And the bards will sing to-night to the sea-moan of the dead!
Yo-ho—a-h'eily—a-yo, eily, ayah, a yo!
Sword and Spear and Battle-Axe sing the Song of Woe:
Ayah, eily, a yo!
Eily, ayah, a yo!
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