Oi! Oi! Longship Roll

Intro

(Crew stomps in rhythm, a lone accordion)

Yo ho! Yo ho!

Verse 1

Scarred hands grip the oaken rail

Salt spray stings my face

Another kingdom burns tonight

Pillage is our grace

No crown will ever chain my soul

No king will take my breath

I answer to the crashing waves

And the grinning face of death

Chorus

Oi! Oi! Raise the tankard high!

We drink to storms and burning sky!

Oi! Oi! Feel the longship roll!

We sail for glory, steel, and gold!

Verse 2

Bosun's pipe cuts through the fog

A kraken's shadow stirs

I left a girl in every port

And curses with my words

The officers drink fine French wine

The crew gets rancid rum

But when the axes flash and bite

We all die as one

Chorus

Oi! Oi! Raise the tankard high!

We drink to storms and burning sky!

Oi! Oi! Feel the longship roll!

We sail for glory, steel, and gold!

Bridge

(Bellowed, call and response)

What do we do with a drunken sailor?

(DRENCH HIM IN RUM AND SET HIM SAILOR!)

What do we do at the break of dawn?

(SLIT THEIR THROATS AND WE SAIL ON!)

Guitar Solo

(Twin leads, melodic and savage, over a d-beat skank)

Chorus

Oi! Oi! Raise the tankard high!

We drink to storms and burning sky!

Oi! Oi! Feel the longship roll!

We sail for glory, steel, and gold!

Outro

(Chanted, fading)

Glory... steel... and gold...

Glory... steel... and gold...